# Why can't 'we' secede from the Union? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-secede-from-the-union/139698 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-secede-from-the-union/139698 "2002-12-01T00:02:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 28
### Author: ![andymurph64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@andymurph64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andymurph64) #### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-secede-from-the-union/139698/28 "2002-12-02T21:03:02Z")
Now, why only one direction here? Can the other 49 states expel the one, like South Dakota, without South Dakota’s permission? 😛 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-secede-from-the-union/139698)._