The GOP candidate had said last week that states could secede if they felt the need to do so.

The GOP candidate had said last week that states could secede if they felt the need to do so.

Nikki Haley, fresh off her Civil War history refresher on this week’s Saturday Night Live, appeared to remember what the Constitution allowed when it comes to state secession: nothing.

Haley again walked back her comments saying states could choose if they wanted to secede from the U.S., telling CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that she didn’t believe the Constitution afforded them that right. It came days after she told radio host Charlamagne tha God that states like Texas could “make the decisions that their people want to make.”

“According to the Constitution, they can’t,” Haley told CNN. “What I think they have the right to do is have the power to protect themselves and do all that. Texas has talked about that for a long time. The Constitution doesn’t allow for that.”

The GOP presidential candidate then tried to pivot to why Texas would consider such an option, citing Gov. Greg Abbott’s frustration with the Biden administration’s handling of the Southern border and the state’s desire to protect itself.

    • turmacar@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I like that the article lays out the development of federalism pre-civil war. I think the most concise description of their argument I’ve heard is that it’s just the “Air Bud argument”.

      “There’s no rule section of the constitution that says a dog state can’t play basketball secede.”

      • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        As a trapped Texan, thank you for remembering the good people. It’s hard even for myself to shake the “fuck em, let them find out” attitude. Honestly the morbid part of me really wants to see the day-one collapse, much as it would hurt.

        But then again we all know for a fact that the Cons will find/fabricate a new bogeyman to blame for their very own actions.