Archived Should California secede from the United States? (OccidentalEnclave)
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Archived Should California secede from the United States? (OccidentalEnclave)
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[–] Gigan 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
There is no legal or constitutional way for a state to secede from the union. A civil war would be the only option.
[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
In practice they probably won't even make it on the ballot to vote on it. When Alaska secessionists tried it the federal courts barred it from appearing on the ballot. At that point it'd take something wild - perhaps California's state government ignoring federal court rulings in order to proceed on the issue. I don't think Democrats in California are prepared to do that.