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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › more-150-yearsFor More Than 150 Years, Texas Has Had the Power to Secede ...

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   When Texas joined the United States after nine years as an independent republic, it claimed even more territory than the 268,580 square miles it covers today. It laid claim to half of present-day...

2. www.texastribune.org › 2021/01/29 › texas-secessionTexas can’t secede from the U.S. Here’s why. | The Texas Tribune

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   Jun 20, 2022 · Even before Texas formally rejoined the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that secession had never been legal, and that, even during the rebellion, Texas continued to be a state.

3. time.com › 6591108No, Texas Can't Secede, and the Border Fight Isn't About That

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   Feb 1, 2024 · Thousands of Texas National Guard members and local law enforcement have blanketed the southern border but it is not stemming—let alone stopping—the migrants who are heading north in search of ...

4. www.statesman.com › story › newsPolitiFact: No, Texas doesn’t have the right to secede from ...

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   Feb 6, 2024 · “Texas is about to become its own country to stop a civil war from occurring,” a Jan. 30 Instagram post claimed. To address Haley’s initial comment and the internet buzz, we asked...

5. www.politifact.com › factchecks › 2024Nikki Haley said Texas could secede from the U.S. Here’s why ...

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   Jan 31, 2024 · "Texas is about to become its own country to stop a civil war from occurring," a Jan. 30 Instagram post claimed. To address Haley’s initial comment and the internet buzz, we asked...

6. www.texasmonthly.com › the-culture › could-texasCould Texas Survive As a Sovereign Nation? – Texas Monthly

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   Jun 8, 2012 · Every seventh-grader raised in Texas knows that the state was once its own country, but sometimes we have to remind the rest of the world. We’re larger than France, our GDP equal Canada’s,...

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   Will Texas become its own country to stop a civil war?

   • “Texas is about to become its own country to stop a civil war from occurring,” a Jan. 30 Instagram post claimed. To address Haley’s initial comment and the internet buzz, we asked constitutional law experts whether a state could secede from the U.S. The consensus was a resounding “no.”

   PolitiFact: No, Texas doesn’t have the right to secede from the US

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   Should Texas leave the US and become its own country?

   • A movement calling for Texas to leave the US and become its own country is growing louder. Daniel Miller, a sixth-generation Texan, is the de facto face of the modern Texas Nationalist Movement, nicknamed "Texit." He advocates for secession through peaceful means, citing frustration with the federal government and a desire for greater autonomy.

   Surging Texas Secession Movement Would Harm Great Economy, Say E…

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   Can Texas quit the United States?

   • First up, a necessary fact check before we go any further: Texas cannot just up and quit the United States. Even so, here we go… Again. It was 15 years ago that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had heads snapping across the country for pushing the idea that his state could secede. “We were a republic. We were a stand-alone nation.

   No, Texas Can't Secede, and the Border Fight Isn't About That

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   How did Texas become a state?

   • Texas’ admission to the Union, with the new-states clause included, passed Congress 120-98. The only concession to the North: Slavery would be prohibited in any states formed north of the Missouri Compromise line. In 1847, Van Zandt ran for governor of Texas, promising to divide it into as many as four states.

   For More Than 150 Years, Texas Has Had the Power to Secede…From Its…

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8. www.businessinsider.com › texas-secession-movementTexas secessionists are becoming more fervent than ever. But ...

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   Mar 3, 2024 · A movement calling for Texas to leave the US and become its own country is growing louder. Daniel Miller, a sixth-generation Texan, is the de facto face of the modern Texas Nationalist...