Actually, secession did not fail. It was the war that followed that negated the secession.
Texas is not calling for secession, but for a return to governance by the US Consitution, with particular attention to the 10th Amendment. As a refresher, it reads, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." People who call for this to be a political reality are derisively referred to as 'States Rights' people, as if it's some perjorative thing. For example, since "education" is not delegated to the US, nor prohibited by the States, it should remain a perogative of the States, or individual communities. The Department of Education is a colossal waste of our tax dollars.
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