It’s Not What You
Think
Since last weekend, the internet has been aflutter with news
that many
states have petitioned the White House for permission to secede from the union.
No state has officially done any such thing. This is what’s going on.
To date, there are forty-eight petitions asking President
Obama to approve the secession of 40 states.
This is just another in a long list of examples of the
pathetic state of civics education in the United States. The president has no
power to approve a state’s secession, yet tens of thousands of people signed
petitions asking him to do so. And they think it’s going to work. Most of the
petitions contain glaring spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors,
illustrating their authors’ illiteracy.
Many other Americans are under the impression that the U.S.
Constitution prohibits secession. It does not. Yes, it is possible to secede.
No, the president does not have the authority to permit it. Most believe that
the Civil War settled the secession question permanently. Wrong again.
But, if Congress did agree to a peaceful secession, it would
open up a whole new can of worms.
READ MORE …
http://voices.yahoo.com/article/9776067/secession-us-constitution-consequences-11877496.html?cat=37
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