New Hampshire this week joined a group of states that have begun their own secession movements.
The New Hampshire Independence Movement, or NHEXIT, said it rejects the excesses of the federal government and is committed to making New Hampshire a “free, independent, and filthy rich nation,” in a statement released this week.
“There are 2. 5 million unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D. C. , and they are guilty of bringing the country to the brink of bankruptcy. What’s more, every year they siphon money out of taxpayers’ wallets, trampling on the rights of New Yorkers. Hampshire,” Carla Gericke, the organization’s leader, said in a statement. “We will have to take back our government and our jobs to make sure that the fundamental rights and assets of the citizens of New Hampshire are protected. “
Several other states have also introduced their own independence movements. While the TEXIT political push in Texas is the best known, California, Alaska, Louisiana, and Florida are experiencing similar movements pushing for secession from the United States.
Gericke, the leader of the New Hampshire movement, was born in South Africa before immigrating to the United States, became a lawyer, and joined the Free State Project, a New Hampshire organization that fights big government and for personal and economic freedom.
In the past, Gericke told Newsweek that secession was “a concept whose time has come and a reflection of the frustration felt by everyone across the political spectrum. “
Across the country, states have unique reasons for leaving the union, but an aversion to too harsh a government is key to many movements.
Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, has told Newsweek in the past that he supports all other states in their right to secede from the country.
“100%, but it’s not about your secession, it’s about your right to have the discussion and vote and if that’s what you need to do as a people, then do it,” Miller said.
Some state movements enjoy it more than others. In Alaska, 36% of citizens said the state would fit in as a completely independent country in a recent YouGov poll.
Lawmakers have at times raised the possibility of an upcoming secession due to rising tensions between Republicans and Democrats.
Last year, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said there could simply be a “national divorce” between Republican and Democratic states. This could mean taking powers away from the federal government and moving them to the state level.
In the United States, 23% of Americans in their state are leaving the union and 51% say they are against it.
Although independent state movements have increased in recent years, Professor William Hall believes that legal viability is not well founded.
“Under the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the language implies that a state has no right to sever the bond between an American citizen and that national government by secession or otherwise,” Hall, a political science professor at Webster University.
Legally, U. S. citizenship doesn’t end even if you live in a country that has seceded from the union, he said. This means that you will still have to pay taxes, which makes the ideals of secession somewhat muted.
“The act of secession is necessarily explained as a break with a territory or ruling organization to form a separate political entity,” Hall said.
“The justification of secessionist movements in the United States is primarily rooted in reliance on one interpretation of the Declaration of Independence, referring to the right of others to abolish the government, when the government, according to some interpretations, fails to live up to live up to their commitments. their obligations to others.
Suzanne Blake is a reporter for Newsweek in New York City. Its purpose is to inform customer and social trends, from retail to restaurants and more. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and joined Newsweek in 2023. You can reach Suzanne by emailing s. blake@newsweek. com.
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