http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-secession-legal/
Sure, it's possible.
But it would probably require an Act of Congress at the very least (reversing portions of the Compromise of 1850, don't know what Rights and responsibilities that placed on California when they were granted admission to the Union by Congress) or, more likely, a Constitutional Amendment.
The other option would be by armed insurrection, VERY messy, even if successful. (Didn't work out so well back in the 1860's for the Confederacy.)
I wouldn't hold my breath on any of those possibilities occurring.
Isn't that more of a Texan thing to say? ;-))
Anyway how much military might is stationed in California? AFAIK there are some Boot camps. but no big missile launching facilities or Airfields. Possibly a military harbor for submarines to cover the pacific ocean.
Can't believe people are actually answering this as if it was a real question....LMAO.
Be careful. If you laugh your rear end off there probably wouldn't be much left of you.
Many things in the constitution have been changed since then my friend.
Key words, "Publicly known". It would never come to that anyways.
It IS a real question!! Texas has a quarter million signatures on a petition to secede!!
Of course not, but when they do, I might just join them.
Yes, but they can't use any Federally Funded Highways into or out of their state. Any water currently diverted from The Union into the nation of California, will be shut off. Planes taking off from the nation of California will not be allowed into The Union's airspace, including low orbit space travel.
What about drones?
They will be shot down.
Yikes!! OK.
No. That was settled with the Civil War.
We can only hope and pray they will !!!
No.
There is a clear precedence here. The slaveholding south tried to secede and got beaten up by the northern states that wanted slavery abolished.
No it was settled with the following U.S. Supreme Court case!!
Maybe California will be bold and say to the federal government, "Bring it on!!"
