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Originally posted by Seaver
Sorry but in the treaty of annexation Texas has the right to leave the US whenever they choose.
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Will it happen? Not anytime soon. But if the public sentiment in Texas does get that high the US has no legal right to prevent it.
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Shit, who woulda known that Snopes covered it.
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texas.asp
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Another Texas-related legend holds that the Texans negotiated an annexation treaty which reserved to them the right to secede from the Union without the consent of the U.S. Congress, but the terms of Texas' annexation contain no such provision.
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And I'm from California, too!