The General Government never resorted to forced loans. The first act of South Carolina was to enforce an excessive one. Secession was to be an era in commercial freedom. All the world was to pay ...

During the three months between his election and the inauguration, much was to happen and tensions continued to build between the North and South. The South did not want Lincoln to be the President.

It was taken up and several amendments proposed. The declaration of causes which justify the secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union was made a special order. The whole address received ...

California might leave the United States and become a free and independent country. The idea of California becoming its own ...

In fact, the first secession crisis wasn’t in the South, as you might think, but in the North. The United States wasn’t even 40 years old when some New England states started eyeing the exit.

Multiple groups have pushed for California to leave the union in the past decade. The initiative sponsor, CalExit (founded ...

Residents of red counties in blue states wish they had a new political home. Also, in Florida, the Legislature is starting to stand up to Ron DeSantis.

The vote, if it happens, would not be legally binding, and there is one huge and perhaps insurmountable hurdle to Californian secession: No such mechanism for states to leave the union currently ...

Alaska gained statehood in 1959. During a broadcast, he said, "Secession from the United States is half the battle. The main thing is to join Russia correctly. What a surprise it would be if the ...

Correction: This story has been updated to accurately reflect the number of counties that have already voted in Illinois to explore secession and their combined ... a professor at Southern Illinois ...

Now Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at the University of Southern California, says “California is the new Texas,” with its elected officials promoting a “virtual secession.” ...