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Re:Catalan referendum: 'Hundreds injured' in Catalan clashes by paulddraper on Sunday October 01, 2017 @11:51AM (#15378367)
There have been the Calexit movement [1] and various movements in Texas [2]. Texas in particular has some substantial poll numbers.

Given that states rights are far less than they were in the 19th century, I expect the US government to be even more likely to prevent succession in the infinitesimal chance it would happen.

[1] http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements

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Re:Catalan referendum: 'Hundreds injured' in Catalan clashes by ghaff on Sunday October 01, 2017 @12:37PM (#15378571)
I think it's one thing to tell a pollster "OMG, if Hillary wins Texas should leave the US" and it's another to actually vote for it. And, even if one supports the idea that states should be able to do this, it's still reasonable to argue that it should require a significant supermajority.

Your point about the erosion of states rights is certainly fair. In any case, it's hard to say what "prevent secession" means without the context of the circumstances.

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