"Texas" never proclaims anything but basically every time there's some setback (I think most recently it was the Supreme Court ruling that they couldn't pile tr

"Texas" never proclaims anything but basically every time there's some setback (I think most recently it was the Supreme Court ruling that they couldn't pile trash in the Rio Grande to prevent crossings) there's a whole crop of politicians banging the secession drum. The Confederacy claimed that the US Government had broken the 'compact' that the states had agreed to in order to join the union when they abolished slavery - so their justification for secession under these dubious legal theories was called the "compact theory" -- it's no accident that after that most recent SC ruling, Texas's governor was out there saying that the US Government had broken the compact between the Federal government and the states. He then issued a series of unconstitutional orders daring the Federal government to stop him; https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/Border_Statement_1.24.2024.pdf https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/Border_Statement_1... It wasn't an overt threat to secede (though many in his party do make that specific threat) but it was an obvious nod to where they think this will end up if they don't get their way.