Constitutional Law
Feb. 1, 2017
California has no right to secede from US
The signature-gathering efforts of the California Independence Campaign for an unconstitutional "constitutional" amendment allowing California to secede from the union should be stopped. By Jim Burgess
Are the wide political divisions in our country today akin to a second civil war? Maybe. But on Jan. 26, California took the first unlikely step toward another civil war by authorizing a signature drive for a constitutional amendment allowing California to secede from the union. Such a move - if approved by the voters and not blocked by the courts - almost certainly would lead to catastrophe, if not war.
Of course, voters wil...
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