If at first you don’t secede…
On the Obama administration’s “We the People” website, Americans can file petitions on any subject. And if a petition racks up at least 25,000 signatures, the White House says, it will review the petition and officially respond. In the week since President Obama’s re-election, citizens from more than 30 states have filed petitions to secede from the Union.
Texas, not surprisingly, is leading the way. As of Tuesday afternoon, over 70,000 signatures were on a petition asking the White House to grant Texas permission to secede and form its own government.









