White House: Florida, Other States Cannot Secede From U.S.
A petition with more than 37,000 signatures to allow the Sunshine State to withdraw from the United States has been denied. What do you think, St. Pete?
It looks like the United States will be stuck with Florida whether folks in the Sunshine State like it or not. A petition before the White House to allow Florida to peacefully secede from the United States was denied Friday by the White House. More than 37,000 people had signed the petition, and similar petitions in eight other states, including Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas. Also denied was a petition to deport everyone who had signed a similar petition. Secession was put out of the realm of state rights after the Civil War, partially through the 14th Amendment, Slate reports, and a Supreme Court interpretation confirmed as much in 2010, according to Politico.com. Those arguments are …
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kathy B
1:36 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Only 37,000 people out of the entire state of Florida signed the petition. How is that representative of the whole states wishes? I never even knew there was any discussion on the subject. more ›