Would it be kosher under Constitutional law for a state to secede if it was invited to do so?
It seems to me that this is okay only if done through Constitutional amendment means. The Constitution has a process for getting in but, as it stands, not for getting out.
let me note that you guys VOTED them in!!
Can we trade it for DC?
“…but you can, never leave.” - D. Henley
Can we build a wall around Texas?
Texas!
It should be like a whole other country! 
“None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you… you’re locked in here with me!”
Walter Kovacs
He was pretty nuts though.
And fill the area within that wall with cement?
That would be way too hard.
How about sawdust, then?
Can I ask a silly question ?
Whenever Texas talks of secession … is there anybody that ever argues against it ?
Or is this the prepubescent kid who’s going to hold his breath until he gets his way ?
Incidentally, sawdust goes really nicely with epoxy … JFTR.
“Texas” doesn’t talk of secession — a loud mouth minority who have no political influence does. Our politicians love to strut and brag about how if we were our own country we’d have the world’s X largest economy and grumble about how we send Y dollars to Washington. But there is zero appetite among state office holders for secession.
Yep, and the few Texans I have heard express secessionist ideas in my presence get pretty quiet when I tell them I’ll be the first person signing up to shoot them if they try to enact their ideas.
Really, if you propose Texas seceding or being expulsed, you’re branding yourself as an idiot. It’s a stupid idea any way you slice it.
Jello?
Yeah, hi, our records show that your car’s extended warranty is about to expire, and I’m offering you the chance to renew it for a low price.
Fuck you so very hard, Texas.
I agree, and at the very least women in Texas still have access to the morning after pill.
If people think this madness ends with abortion…think again.
This has nothing to do with the sanctity of life; this is about giving a special brand of political conservatives wide-ranging authorization to control sexual behavior and other types of private behavior, not because they’re interested in said behavior, but because it gives them a tool to control private action, private conversations, private thoughts.
This will end when people of all stripe collectively shove their crosses up their asses.
Interesting Wall Street Journal about the electrical catastrophe in Texas in February:
As Texas Went Dark, the State Paid Natural-Gas Companies to Go Offline: A program meant to reduce industrial electricity use during emergencies contributed to power plants not getting fuel during February’s freeze
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas activated a program that pays large industrial power users to reduce their consumption during emergencies. But the grid operator, known as Ercot, didn’t know who was being paid to participate in this program and what type of facilities were getting shut off, it has since acknowledged.
The Journal’s analysis of grid records shows that participants included dozens of critical pieces of natural-gas infrastructure. Ercot ordered them to stay off for more than four days, as gas prices surged to extraordinary levels and some power plants stopped producing electricity because they couldn’t get enough fuel to function.