Do States Actually Have The Right To Secede?
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 21:20
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from Ben Swann:
Ben Swann takes a look at the more than 30 petitions on the White House blog We The People asking that their state be allowed to peacefully secede from the United States.
2012-11-13 21:16:35
Source: http://sgtreport.com/2012/11/do-states-actually-have-the-right-to-secede/
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Absolutely not, said Nicole Velasco, an assistant professor of political science at Lee University.
“Secession is both highly improbably and not particularly legal,”
“It’s been mentioned, but it’s been mentioned as something people are not taking very seriously,” she said.
But, the professor added, it certainly makes for good political theater.