# Leaving the US

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-us/758417>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-us/758417 "2016-06-26T16:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-us/758417/21 "2016-06-27T03:24:52Z")

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The Civil War settled once and for all that states cannot secede. It’s like the Mafia – once you’re in, you’re in, period.

Brexit cannot be compared with a US-state secession. The EU is not a country, Britain is a sovereign entity. There can be no comparison with US states, as the US is all one country – again, unlike the EU.

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-us/758417/22 "2016-06-27T03:41:39Z")

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I don’t want to come across as some kind of whack-o conspiracy crackpot or anything … but how do we know if Californians haven’t already infiltrated the ranks of the US military? What becomes of US military installations _in_ California? What if we impeach and remove from office both President Trump and Vice-President David Duke, who becomes President then if not Nancy Pelosi?

How we going to get California to give back all those nuclear bombs?

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