State secession
Main article: List of U.S. state secession proposals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession_in_the_United_States
Several towns in Vermont including Killington recently explored a secession request to allow them to join New Hampshire over claims that they are not getting adequate return of state resources from their state tax contributions.
Advocates in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with off and on intensity, have called for it to become a separate 51st state (sometimes with northern Wisconsin and Northeast Minnesota) called "Superior". Similarly some in the Little Egypt region of Illinois want to separate due to what they consider Chicagoan control over the legislature and economy.
In March 2008, the comptroller of Suffolk County, New York once again proposed for Long Island to secede from New York State, citing the fact that Long Island gives more in taxes to the state than it receives back in aid.
There have also been proposals for New York City to separate itself from New York State citing the vast political and economic differences between the two.
In 1977, the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, tried to secede from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (they also tried to secede from the United States and become an independent nation).
In Florida there have been calls in the past and present to separate the state into north (a more southern culture) and south (a more northern culture).
Politicians and activists in Northern Virginia complain that the Commonwealth of Virginia maltreats the region, and mention a possible separation.
With the decision of the United States Supreme Court to hear District of Columbia v. Heller in late 2007, an early 2008 movement began in Montana involving at least 60 elected officials addressing potential secession if the Second Amendment were interpreted not to grant an individual right, citing its compact with the United States of America.
Secession from the U.S.
On July 13, 1977, the City Council of Kinney, Minnesota, led by Mayor Mary Anderson wrote a "tongue in cheek" letter to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance informing him of the city's secession from the Union to form the Republic of Kinney. Vance never acknowledged the letter.
The mock 1982 secessionist protest by the Conch Republic in the Florida Keys resulted in an ongoing source of local pride and tourist amusement.
The group Republic of Texas generated national publicity for its actions in the late 1990s. There have been repeated attempts to form a Republic of Cascadia in the Pacific Northwest. The Hawaiian sovereignty movement has a number of active groupings which have won some concessions from the State of Hawaii.
In November 2006, the Supreme Court of Alaska held that secession was illegal, Kohlhaas vs. State, and refused to permit an Initiative to be presented to the people of Alaska for a vote. The Alaskan Independence Party remains a factor in state politics.
Efforts to organize a continental secession movement have been initiated since 2004 by members of Second Vermont Republic, working with noted decentralist author Kirkpatrick Sale. Their second "radical consultation" in November of 2004 resulted in a statement of intent called The Middlebury Declaration. It also gave rise to the Middlebury Institute, which is dedicated to the "study of separatism, secession, and self-determination" and which engages in secessionist organizing.
In November 2006 the same group sponsored the First North American Secessionist Convention which attracted 40 participants from 16 secessionist organizations and was (erroneously) described as the first gathering of secessionists since the Civil War. Delegates included a broad spectrum from libertarians to socialists to greens to Christian conservatives to indigenous peoples activists. Groups represented included Alaskan Independence Party, Cascadia Independence Project, Hawai»i Nation, The Second Maine Militia, The Free State Project, the Republic of New Hampshire, the League of the South, Christian Exodus, the Second Vermont Republic, Texas Secession and the United Republic of Texas. Delegates created a statement of principles of secession which they presented as the Burlington Declaration.The Second North American Secessionist Convention in October, 2007, in Chattanooga, Tennessee received local and national media attention.
Additionally some members of the Lakota people of Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakota region are also making steps to separate from the United States. The self-proclaimed Republic of Lakotah has made a point to say that their actions are not those of secession, but rather an assertion of independence of a nation that was always sovereign and did not join the United States willfully. They note a failure of the United States government in honoring treaties, and abuse of Native peoples throughout its history. A statement of independence was released as of January 2008, and the United States government has not commented on the issue.
http://www.confederatestatesofamerica.org/ http://www.newconfederacy.com/ Večina južno amerikanaca odnosno bjelaca traži restauraciju CSA i odcepljenje od propalog Washingtona,osnovali su vladu u sjeni i pokret koji broji nekoliko miliona članova. Američki proračunski manjak do kraja 2009. dostići će bilijun i 800 milijardi dolara http://www.voanews.com/croatian/2009-03-20-voa6.cfm Stručnjaci kongresnog Ureda za državni proračun kažu da će deficit američke vlade u ovoj i sljedećoj godini vjerojatno biti veći nego li se vjerovalo.
To nestranačko tijelo procjenjuje da će američki proračunski manjak do kraja ove godine narasti na bilijun i 800 milijardi dolara, što je za 600 milijardi dolara više od prethodne procjene.
Kongresni Ured za državni proračun procjenjuje da će deficit u 2010. godini iznositi oko bilijun i 400 milijardi dolara što je dvostruko više od prvotne prognoze.
Main article: List of U.S. state secession proposals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession_in_the_United_States
Several towns in Vermont including Killington recently explored a secession request to allow them to join New Hampshire over claims that they are not getting adequate return of state resources from their state tax contributions.
Advocates in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with off and on intensity, have called for it to become a separate 51st state (sometimes with northern Wisconsin and Northeast Minnesota) called "Superior". Similarly some in the Little Egypt region of Illinois want to separate due to what they consider Chicagoan control over the legislature and economy.
In March 2008, the comptroller of Suffolk County, New York once again proposed for Long Island to secede from New York State, citing the fact that Long Island gives more in taxes to the state than it receives back in aid.
There have also been proposals for New York City to separate itself from New York State citing the vast political and economic differences between the two.
In 1977, the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, tried to secede from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (they also tried to secede from the United States and become an independent nation).
In Florida there have been calls in the past and present to separate the state into north (a more southern culture) and south (a more northern culture).
Politicians and activists in Northern Virginia complain that the Commonwealth of Virginia maltreats the region, and mention a possible separation.
With the decision of the United States Supreme Court to hear District of Columbia v. Heller in late 2007, an early 2008 movement began in Montana involving at least 60 elected officials addressing potential secession if the Second Amendment were interpreted not to grant an individual right, citing its compact with the United States of America.
Secession from the U.S.
On July 13, 1977, the City Council of Kinney, Minnesota, led by Mayor Mary Anderson wrote a "tongue in cheek" letter to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance informing him of the city's secession from the Union to form the Republic of Kinney. Vance never acknowledged the letter.
The mock 1982 secessionist protest by the Conch Republic in the Florida Keys resulted in an ongoing source of local pride and tourist amusement.
The group Republic of Texas generated national publicity for its actions in the late 1990s. There have been repeated attempts to form a Republic of Cascadia in the Pacific Northwest. The Hawaiian sovereignty movement has a number of active groupings which have won some concessions from the State of Hawaii.
In November 2006, the Supreme Court of Alaska held that secession was illegal, Kohlhaas vs. State, and refused to permit an Initiative to be presented to the people of Alaska for a vote. The Alaskan Independence Party remains a factor in state politics.
Efforts to organize a continental secession movement have been initiated since 2004 by members of Second Vermont Republic, working with noted decentralist author Kirkpatrick Sale. Their second "radical consultation" in November of 2004 resulted in a statement of intent called The Middlebury Declaration. It also gave rise to the Middlebury Institute, which is dedicated to the "study of separatism, secession, and self-determination" and which engages in secessionist organizing.
In November 2006 the same group sponsored the First North American Secessionist Convention which attracted 40 participants from 16 secessionist organizations and was (erroneously) described as the first gathering of secessionists since the Civil War. Delegates included a broad spectrum from libertarians to socialists to greens to Christian conservatives to indigenous peoples activists. Groups represented included Alaskan Independence Party, Cascadia Independence Project, Hawai»i Nation, The Second Maine Militia, The Free State Project, the Republic of New Hampshire, the League of the South, Christian Exodus, the Second Vermont Republic, Texas Secession and the United Republic of Texas. Delegates created a statement of principles of secession which they presented as the Burlington Declaration.The Second North American Secessionist Convention in October, 2007, in Chattanooga, Tennessee received local and national media attention.
Additionally some members of the Lakota people of Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakota region are also making steps to separate from the United States. The self-proclaimed Republic of Lakotah has made a point to say that their actions are not those of secession, but rather an assertion of independence of a nation that was always sovereign and did not join the United States willfully. They note a failure of the United States government in honoring treaties, and abuse of Native peoples throughout its history. A statement of independence was released as of January 2008, and the United States government has not commented on the issue.
http://www.confederatestatesofamerica.org/ http://www.newconfederacy.com/ Večina južno amerikanaca odnosno bjelaca traži restauraciju CSA i odcepljenje od propalog Washingtona,osnovali su vladu u sjeni i pokret koji broji nekoliko miliona članova. Američki proračunski manjak do kraja 2009. dostići će bilijun i 800 milijardi dolara http://www.voanews.com/croatian/2009-03-20-voa6.cfm Stručnjaci kongresnog Ureda za državni proračun kažu da će deficit američke vlade u ovoj i sljedećoj godini vjerojatno biti veći nego li se vjerovalo.
To nestranačko tijelo procjenjuje da će američki proračunski manjak do kraja ove godine narasti na bilijun i 800 milijardi dolara, što je za 600 milijardi dolara više od prethodne procjene.
Kongresni Ured za državni proračun procjenjuje da će deficit u 2010. godini iznositi oko bilijun i 400 milijardi dolara što je dvostruko više od prvotne prognoze.