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Texas secession movements, also known as the Texas Independence movement or Texit,[1][2] refers to both the secession of Texas during the American Civil War as well as activities of modern organizations supporting such efforts to secede from the United States and become an independent sovereign state.
The U.S. Constitution does not specifically address the secession of states, and the issue was a topic of debate after the American Revolutionary War until the Civil War, when the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that states strictly cannot unilaterally secede except through revolution or the expressed consent of the other states.[3]
Texas was formerly called the Republic of Texas, a sovereign state for nine years prior to the Texas annexation with the United States. Accordingly, its sovereignty was not recognized by Mexico although Texas defeated the Mexican forces in the Texas Revolution, and authorities in Texas did not actually control all of its claimed territory.
Modern secession efforts have existed in the state at least since the 1990s and focused first on the Republic of Texas organization as well as the Texas Nationalist Movement.[4] Recent discussions between Texas Republican Party representatives renewed talks of secession after the decision of the Supreme Court in Texas v. Pennsylvania, which declined to hear the case regarding attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election due to lack of standing.[5]
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- ^ Wood, Graeme (November 6, 2019). "The Movement to Make Texas Its Own Country". The Atlantic. The Atlantic. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Ulysses S. Grant on the Secession of Texas". Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ Pérez-Boquete, Roi; Bello, Gabriel G (December 19, 2022). "When nationalism beats populism: The secessionist movement in Texas". Nations and Nationalism. 29 (2): 528–545. doi:10.1111/nana.12921. hdl:10347/30698. ISSN 1354-5078. S2CID 254968443.
- ^ Axelrod, Tal (December 11, 2020). "Texas GOP chair floats secession for 'law-abiding states' after Supreme Court defeat". The Hill. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2021.