Monckton: It’s Time For ‘Texit’ — Texas Should Secede, Thatcher Advisor Says

June 4, 2016 in News by RBN Staff

Source: dailycaller.com
By John Griffing

Monckton is a prominent conservative voice on issues such as climate change and the possible collapse of the U.S. dollar.

Why does a British political figure advocate Texas secession?

In short, Monckton views Texas as a lifeboat. He believes that America is on the verge of being overrun with Islamic invaders which will be accompanied by “imminent” financial destruction.

He advocates Texas secession, or what he calls “Texit,” as a way to preserve the best of America.

Monckton has become a regular presence in Texas conservative politics in recent years. On one occasion, he drew a crowd of over 15,000 to a race track in Houston. The crowd chanted with calls to make him governor of Texas.

Monckton begins his case for secession by highlighting the flaws in the American system:

“The United States Constitution has not proven sufficiently robust against the relentless increase in federal power and wealth at the expense of the states,” Monckton said, “and the Supreme Court has increasingly aggrandized itself by inflicting new law on all states.”

“Unquestionably,” Monckton continued, “the quickest solution to this problem for Texas is to exercise the right of secession, which instantly cuts off altogether the power of the federal government to interfere in Texan affairs.”

Unlike most attorneys, Monckton believes that Texas holds an indisputable right to secession.

“Texas has always retained the right — which I think is unique among the states — to secede from the Union,” said Monckton.

Monckton, who says he is, “no expert on the constitutional and administrative law either of the United States or of the Lone Star State,” said Texas’s legal right to secede can be found in “international law.”

“In the present post-colonial era, the norms of international law have moved strongly in favour of recognizing what is known as the right of self-determination of peoples,” said Monckton. “If the people of a defined territory large enough and populous enough to be self-sufficient and self-governing decide to be independent,” then they should be allowed independence.

“The United States and all other nations would be obliged to respect their right of secession and their decision to secede,” Monckton went on. “Texas would establish a working relationship not only with the United States, but also with Mexico.”

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