Residents in more than 30 states have filed secession petitions with the "We
the People" program on the White House website.
Petitions to strip citizenship of individuals
signing onto petitions to secede and exile them have also been submitted.
A threshold of 25,000 signatures must be met within 30 days for petitions to
be reviewed. The Obama administration explains, "If a petition meets the signature threshold, it
will be reviewed by the Administration and we will issue a response."
Micah H. (no last name provided) of Arlington, Texas filed a petition that
had nearly 60,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning. It reads:
The
US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal
government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of
the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA,
etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th
largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw
from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living and
re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and
beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the
federal government.
Unfortunately for Micah H. and Peter
Morrison -- a Texas GOP official who called for an "amicable divorce"
from the United States last week -- secession is not in the cards for the Lone Star State.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) sought to distance himself from the petition on
Monday. The Dallas Morning News reported that the Republican governor's press
secretary wrote in an email, "Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union
and nothing should be done to change it. But he also shares the frustrations
many Americans have with our federal government."
Here's a list of states where residents have filed secession petitions in
recent days: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Below, a look back at previous secession attempts:
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