After Donald Trump's win many Californians want their state to separate because of their different views
Devastated California residents are calling for independence from the rest of the US after Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election.
While most states voted Republican overall, a block on the west coast opted for Hillary Clinton .
Voters were left disappointed in California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington state when the vote swung towards Donald Trump late on Tuesday night.
Now some of them are calling to split off from the rest of the US to represent their vastly different views in a move similar to Brexit .
There is no specific ban on the secession of states in the US constitution – and there’s a potential loophole in the law that could allow it, no matter how unlikely.
The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Texas v White: “When Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation.
“The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States.
“There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the States.”
The key bit is at the end - but there would have to be a revolution or the agreement of the other 49 states to allow it to happen.