It’s a pretty high bar to join, there’s no reason leaving legally would be lower. It’s certainly not something every small town in Alabama would be able to achieve. And if they did then they’d be stuck surrounded by a hard border with no trade agreement. That would last about a week.
So it would be limited to self sustaining regions and would still require consent from the US Congress.
Personally I would be in favor for granting DC the power to revoke Statehood, regardless of the desire of any given State to remain or leave. Sort of like, “These are the rules. Choose not to abide by them, and consider your membership in the Union revoked.” Like, I’m sick of State governments egregiously flouting the authority of the Federal Government, of which they are ostensibly members, and getting away with it. At the very least Congress should have the power to place trade sanctions on States like Texas, since the Commerce Clause gives them the authority to “regulate interstate commerce”.
It’s a pretty high bar to join, there’s no reason leaving legally would be lower. It’s certainly not something every small town in Alabama would be able to achieve. And if they did then they’d be stuck surrounded by a hard border with no trade agreement. That would last about a week.
So it would be limited to self sustaining regions and would still require consent from the US Congress.
Personally I would be in favor for granting DC the power to revoke Statehood, regardless of the desire of any given State to remain or leave. Sort of like, “These are the rules. Choose not to abide by them, and consider your membership in the Union revoked.” Like, I’m sick of State governments egregiously flouting the authority of the Federal Government, of which they are ostensibly members, and getting away with it. At the very least Congress should have the power to place trade sanctions on States like Texas, since the Commerce Clause gives them the authority to “regulate interstate commerce”.