Let my people go ...
Secession petitions flood White House website
By BYRON TAU | Politico.com
11/12/12 10:55 AM EST
President Obama's reelection last week has prompted a slew of requests to secede from the United States.
Using the Obama administration's own We the People website, nearly two dozen petitions have sprung up asking the Obama administration for permission to withdraw from the Union.
The two most popular petitions, Texas and Louisiana, have both drawn more than 10,000 signatures each as of Monday morning. The Texas petition needs only 7,000 more signatures to trigger an official White House response.
None of the petitions explicitly cite Obama's reelection as a reason for independence, but all were created after last week's elections.
(More here.)
By BYRON TAU | Politico.com
11/12/12 10:55 AM EST
President Obama's reelection last week has prompted a slew of requests to secede from the United States.
Using the Obama administration's own We the People website, nearly two dozen petitions have sprung up asking the Obama administration for permission to withdraw from the Union.
The two most popular petitions, Texas and Louisiana, have both drawn more than 10,000 signatures each as of Monday morning. The Texas petition needs only 7,000 more signatures to trigger an official White House response.
None of the petitions explicitly cite Obama's reelection as a reason for independence, but all were created after last week's elections.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
what a wonderful exercise in federalism.
Is our nation a voluntary compact of sovereign states or is the compact perpetual? Secession is the ultimate check on the federal government.
225 years ago people fought the tyranny of a far off king in a far off capitol. Seems we are there once again.
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