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California Secession Has 'No Credibility'—But the Anger Is Real

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California may soon get to vote on the notion of independence for the state after CalExit campaigner Marcus Ruiz Evans secured permission from California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to start collecting signatures for a petition.

No such mechanism for states to leave the union currently exists in the U.S. Constitution .

CalExit exploded into popularity with the election of Donald Trump in 2016 .

Matthew N. Klink : Secession is so far-fetched for California that it's not even worth considering.

Richard H. Pildes : Maybe it's time to renegotiate some elements of the federal institutional arrangement.

Shaun Bowler : California gets back about 85c on each dollar it sends to the federal government.