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    Default Petition started to allow Colorado to peacefully secede the United States.

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...nment/lWDshfl3

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    Did this past election just show the majority of voters went DEMOCRAT?
    This would not be a good thing IMO......
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    Talk of secession in different States seems to follow every election. Good luck getting traction on this. Out of curiosity, has anyone ever seen a petition filed on whitehouse.gov go anywhere?

    I noticed most of the signers of this particular petition don't even live in CO.
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    We could be like Switzerland.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Teufelhund View Post
    Talk of secession in different States seems to follow every election. Good luck getting traction on this. Out of curiosity, has anyone ever seen a petition filed on whitehouse.gov go anywhere?

    I noticed most of the signers of this particular petition don't even live in CO.
    Yeah, what's up with that? We should start a petition to get CA and NY to peacefully secede.
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    I heard reports of some 27 states wanting to do this... I agree, probably nothing will come of it, just frustration being directed to one extreme. Thus far, searching around, Michigan and Louisiana as well have these petitions. After seeing last night though, Michigan only had 3 signatures when I first saw it.
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    Secession is perfectly legal still, but the precedent of the civil war established that it cannot be undertaken unilaterally. To secede, a state would have to get congress to approve the cession, or do it by constitutional convention (the US constitution, with 3/4 of state legislatures approving the amendment, etc).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Circuits View Post
    Secession is perfectly legal still, but the precedent of the civil war established that it cannot be undertaken unilaterally. To secede, a state would have to get congress to approve the cession, or do it by constitutional convention (the US constitution, with 3/4 of state legislatures approving the amendment, etc).
    Yep, don't see that happening...
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    Reportedly someone from North Dakota started a petition to have New York secede from the Union. That made me chuckle.


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