The really hard part about this is that most of the first 20 states that did file the petition to seced from the Union were states that went for Obama. Just had the luck of Texas getting to be the first state to raise the 25,000 signature needed to get a responce. Seems that now all 50 states have this petition. It's someting to think about Besdies almost every election the same thing happens.

For the past twenty years California been trying tobceom two seperate states .

The fact is that if you look at a county map of the country http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn.....ymaprb1024.png and who won there you'll find every state had some support for the other candidate (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Kansas being the exceptions) . Obama won more urban and suburban regions. Romney won more rural regions. It isn't that hard to find 25,000+ signatures in any given state. The angry conservative in that state with a conservative congressional house representative. So sure every state has one that does not mean the majority of people in that state want it. Including Texas.

And for the past 100 years Staten Island has wanted to become its own state as well and the southern half of Arizona has wanted to become its own state and then there is Washington D.C. and its status oh and Puerto Rico might have voted itself into becoming a state.

The irony of all that is that it is illegal by constitutional law for the federal government to carve up states or remove them from the union. The founders wrote that into the constitution and were explicit (they wanted to avoid majorities in congress or Presidents from stacking the deck by shifting the numbers of states around). Technically West Virginia is not supposed to exist. It was formed of the section of Virginia that refused to follow the confederates and instead supported the union, due to local animosity towards the rest of Virginia. In return for that loyalty congress voted to make it into its own state. Virginia tried to sue after the war to reincorporate (fearing the added power West Virginia had in the Senate and House... and their fears were proven right for a generation West Virginia's politicos acted to hinder Virginia in every way possible) but the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

Now a state internally can technically vote to break itself up or seceded from the union. Technically you need a plebiscite majority of over 60% agreeing to the exact lines of the state. It has never happened because no one has been able to agree on the exact lines for a majority vote like that.

As for seceding while the power might technically exist the Civil War showed the Union does not accept that sort of withdraw, or more accurately they would not give up military bases and federal holdings within the states that had seceded. This led to the shots being fired on Fort Sumner which sparked the official reasons for the Civil War.There is currently no known method for a state to remove itself from the Union as the Federal government would have to agree to give up its holdings. So not only would a state's populace have to agree by majority to remove itself in a fair election but the Federal Government has to agree to give up its holdings. Something that has never happened.

As for California originally when the delegation arrived in DC to turn California into a state they had a map that also included Baja California. Congress drew up a map to turn it into three states and slice off a section of its eastern side and give that to the Nevada Territory. California's delegation then politely informed congress that if they did not have their map they would form their own country instead of becoming a state. Congress fearing the loss of gold and the western coast being lost to a new nation compromised. In return for giving up claims on Baja California (which the USA did not want to start a war for with Mexico so soon after the last one) they become one state and were given a number of added perks and services from Congress to sweeten the deal (investments in roads, military bases, and lighter taxation for a few decades) and make sure they wouldn't become their own country

well... if they dont wanna be in such a horrible country i would switch places with any of those ungrateful bastards and i bet my beard they would be back crying and begging to return to the USA and be citizens again. ... just saying.

It would be pretty interesting to have more countries over here in North America -` `-