been outlines as the plan for today is perfectly legal, i have professor eastman here with me to say a few words about that. he s one of the preeminent constitutional scholars in the united states. it is perfectly appropriate, given the questionable constitutionality of the election counting act of 1887. that the vice president can canceled it aside and he can do what a president called jefferson did when he was vice president. he can decide, he can decide on the validity of these crooked ballots. or he can send it back to the legislatures, give them 5
but that disaster of a rally in texas, in dallas, it did give us these guys. make texas mexico again. because texas is amazing. texas is amazing and pushy and creative and adorable. the official state tourism campaign in texas tells you straight up it s like a whole other country. and that s not just a slogan. a significant number of texans think of their membership in the union as a little provisional. this past summer when asked if they would like to secede if hillary clinton won the white house, 40% said, yes, if clinton wins they d like to secede. to that point you can find entertaining pockets of that sentiment all over the country whether seceding because of clinton or to go back to mexico. in northern california tea party and libertarian types that have been pushing to secede from the rest of california. they want to break off and be in their own state called
and that s not just a slogan. a significa number of texans think of their membership in the union as a little provisional. this past summer when asked if they would like to secede if hillary clinton won the white house, 40% said, yes, if clinton wins they d like to secede. to that point you can find entertaining pockets of that sentiment all over the country whether seceding because of clinton or to go back to mexico. in northern california tea party and libertarian types that have been pushing to secede from the rest of california. they want to break off and be in their own state called jefferson. they want to be jeffersonians. since donald trump was elected president, not hillary clinton, but donald trump, certain pockets of liberals in california have started to talk texas style by seceding. but they don t want to secede from california.
been pushing to secede from the rest of california. they want to break off and be in their own state called jefferson. they want to be jeffersonians. since donald trump was elected president, not hillary clinton, but donald trump, certain pockets of liberals in california have started to talk texas style by seceding. but they don t want to secede from california. they want california to secede from the united states. they re calling it calexit, like brexit but west coast lefty style. i don t think they actually would like to take the right wing jeffersonians when they seceded, but presumably that would be up for negotiation once the articles of confederacy are filed. the jeffersonians and everybody else in that huge state they are all lumped together in what is a definitely blue state, hillary clinton won california nearly 2-1.
territorial governor wallace got drunk and gave it away to montana. he got hoodwinked to giving it away to another state. john: and another state called jefferson. jefferson is one that went pretty far. john: northern california. northern california and southern oregon, if understanding about it northern california is well, southern california is cars and movie stars, northern california is forests and big foot. it s a totally different area and so it makes sense to split it up. nobody thought ca cald stay that big. in early december of 41 they were starting to have protests and petitions and then pearl harbor came and that they burden of proof to make it a state, the japanese attacked, now we have california. but they re still trying. john: thank you, michael, i find that fascinating. next, why do we even have states? what good are states? plus the self-destructive rule that makes it tougher for us to