To hear the Gov. comments, click on the link.
In case anyone slept through Texas history, our agreement with the U.S. is that we can split into five states if we want to, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1869 that we DO NOT have the right to secede, and no elected official since 1869 has asserted that we have this right – until today.
I do NOT miss George Bush, but I do miss the governors we once had who made sense when they talked. (We did have a couple that appointed dead people to office more than once...) Gov. Rick Perry is obviously running for President of these United States, which he is also threating to secede from in his public statements. So, maybe, he wants to be the President of the Republic of Texas.
April 15, 2009
Perry says Texas can leave the union if it wants
Speaking with reporters after a tea party rally in Austin today, Gov. Rick Perry said Texas can leave the union if it wants to.
"Texas is a unique place. When we came into the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that," Perry said. "My hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention. We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what may come of that."
Posted above audio so you can hear Perry for yourself. The audio changes because I missed the first part of his quote and got another reporter to replay that portion for me on their recorder.
Perry also was asked whether the tea party anti-tax rallies are part of a growing national movement."I have never seen the power of the grassroots as antimated and as focused and as coordinated...It is a very powerful moment in American history.
"I would suggest that members of congress who are filing for election or re-election in eight months are listening.""They're hearing everyday working folks saying, 'Listen, it's out of control. We're trying to live our lives and you're strangling us with your spending and your taxation."
Just FYI, on Perry's 1845 statement, Texas came into the union with the ability to divide into five states, not withdraw. After seceding during the Civil War, Texas was allowed to re-enter the union after ratifying the 13th Amendment. The 13th Amendment banned slavery in the United States and any territory subject to its jurisdiction.
UPDATED: Texas v White, a U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1869, said Texas cannot secede.
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