Q: What would it take for WA, OR and CA to secede together?

[BWdem4life]

A: A nationwide abortion ban.

Please proceed, Pence et al.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

1. Go home Vlad, you're drunk n/t

[BWdem4life]

2. Um, Vlad?

[Just_Vote_Dem]

4. Joke n/t

[Demsrule86]

3. Please stop...

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. A 11.4 quake on the San Andreas fault

Nobody’s doing any seceding.

[BWdem4life]

6. And Roe will never be overturned

And Trump will never be president.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Keep up your fantasy- hope you can cope with disappointment

Go ahead and explain, in detail, how a west coast secession would be implemented-

Explain how:
Social Security would be sorted out
Military bases and equipment would be sorted out
Taxes would be sorted out. Would the IRS shrug and say “gee, those guys aren’t part of the US anymore, we can’t seize their assets”?

Explain how the west coast could secede without the intervention of the US military, a nuclear power.

Show your work.

[TwilightZone]

11. Not even remotely the same things.

[stopdiggin]

14. and now you're going to double down?

dude, stop digging that hole. And stay away from the dispensary for a few days.

[TigressDem]

21. I had the same thought. BUT WAIT, what if they could Petition CANADA?

Washington State has a border with Canada and the rest are all connected.

Could give Canada some good land and people.

Use the State Constitutions for most of the rules. SS is up to the point of succession. Like a divorce, we get the house and the china.

I don't know. Just a thought.

[Sneederbunk]

7. These states will not secede. They know history.

States that secede get the hell beat out of them.

[onenote]

8. Nothing.

Seems like just a couple of days ago people were mocking Texas republicans for talking about secession, pointing out how stupid (and legally flawed) that idea was.

[H2O Man]

17. Might be related

to this post.

[TwilightZone]

10. They can't secede.

Supreme Court, 1868.

2010, Scalia: "The answer is clear. If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."

[ornotna]

18. LA la lalalalala

Stop being sensible.

Lalalalalalalalala

[madinmaryland]

24. There seem to be a lot of constitutional issues "resolved" that apparently are not...

One really doesn't know what is going on. Thomas seems to want slavery reinstated.

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[TwilightZone]

26. Roe and secession are two very different things.

Secession is sedition, and sedition is codified in Federal law, for just one example. Roe, as we're all aware, is not.

"On the federal level, for example, chapter 115 of title 18 of the U.S. Code Annotated identifies Treason, rebellion, or insurrection, seditious conspiracy, and advocation of the overthrow of the government as criminal offenses punishable by several years of imprisonment and thousands of dollars in fines. These are the types of crimes that can be charged against persons who attempt to secede from the United States."

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Secession

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. A civil war.

[stopdiggin]

13. I think it was suppose to be humor

if not ..

It's a really dumb idea in Texas, and ..
It doesn't really wear any better ..
Particularly among people who tend to look upon the Stars and Bars and rednecks, as just ever so slightly backwards.

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[roamer65]

15. A Declaration of Independence, involvement of foreign powers and about 6 years of war.

Just like it took for the 13 American colonies to separate from the British Empire.



Eventually it will be easy when the rest of the country naturally falls apart like Yugoslavia, IMO.

NO empire lasts forever.

[H2O Man]

16. Legalize Lonnie Anderson's hair.

[VGNonly]

19. Eastern WA and OR

Forget it Jake, its Kentucksitan!

[TigressDem]

20. A 10.5 earthquake that makes it a new Hawaii ? nt

[gladium et scutum]

22. a considerable amount of stupidity.

[nolabear]

23. "Cascadia" has been a fantasy for years.

Considering the port access and abundant agriculture, technology and Canada, we’d be in pretty good shape.

[kelly1mm]

25. If those 3 state were to leave the union the remainder of the US would be overwhelmingly

conservative for generations. Just look at the electoral math without those Senators/Representatives/EC votes - not pretty for the remaining Democrats in the USA. Plus there is no mechanism for states to leave the union so it is a moot point.

A more realistic example would be Scotland leaving the UK. The remaining UK would be VASTLY more conservative then now and this may actually happen in the relatively short term.

[Leith]

27. Not this Calexit crap again

It was shown at the time to have originated in Russia, promoted by some idiot who has since moved the Russia and Russian trolls.

[MerryBlooms]

28. Where the f did this and you come from?

OR, WA, CA, aren't going anywhere! We are staying and supporting reproductive care, with every fiber of our being. We are transporting people to our states who need safe reproductive care! Seriously, what the heck are you even talking about? PNW states joined and passed legislation, to ensure reproductive rights. PNW isn't going anywhere, we will be here to continue aid in reproductive health, and protest draconian laws.

Anyone who thinks for one second, or is promoting my beautiful native state of Oregon, should or would secede, has more than another thing coming.

THOSE ilk need to stop. Oregon is a safe harbor state. As is CA and WA. Stop trying to undermine our help, because that's what you are doing! Donate to WA, OR, CA, enabling people to get an abortion in our states. STOP with suggestions of secession. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE! YOU'RE STUCK WITH US!! Hate that? Tough shit, we'll still be fighting for control over our bodies, while you're still fuckin around with secession. Folks in the bs secession lane, WERE NEVER AN ALLY.

[tishaLA]

29. Unlike the Texans who stomp their feet

And threaten to secede every time something happens that they don't like, Californians barely even joke about seceding. Because we're patriots.