(#213) Citizens from 29 States Petition to Secede from the USA

White House must respond if a petition gathers 25,000 signatures within 30 days

As posted at www.examiner.com on 11/11/12

 

Within days of the presidential election, citizens from 29 States have petitioned the Obama Administration for withdrawal from the United States of America in order to create their own respective governments.  Louisiana was the first State to file a petition, followed by Texas.  A complete list of states is as follows:

1. Louisiana
2. Texas
3. Montana
4. North Dakota
5. Indiana
6. Mississippi
7. Kentucky
8. North Carolina
9. Alabama
10. Florida
11. Georgia
12. New Jersey
13. Colorado
14. Oregon
15. New York
16. Arkansas
17. South Carolina
18. Missouri
19. Tennessee
20. Michigan
21. Oklahoma
22. Utah
23. Arizona
24. Pennsylvania
25. Nevada
26. Delaware
27. Ohio
28. California
29. Wyoming 

The federal government allows one month from the day the petition is submitted to obtain 25,000 signatures in order for the Obama administration to consider the request.  As of the time of this writing, Louisiana and Texas lead the pack, having collected 24,602 and 53,223 signatures, respectively.

The Texas petition reads as follows:

The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government’s neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it’s citizens’ standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.  

The website for the petitions is:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions

Dr. Paul on the Constitutional Principle of Secession

Although the clip immediately above is by no means new, nor was it filmed in response to the recent proliferation of succession petitions (it was originally posted on 4/19/09), it appears to fit into the discussion.  In it, U.S. Congressman Ron Paul discusses the Constitutional concept of secession.

Ron Paul, is an American physician, author, and politician.  He has served 12 terms in Congress, currently as the U.S. Representative for Texas' 14th congressional district since 1997.