Bryan writes: Finally, it is silly to refer to Texas as "indivisible" when the 1845 statehood act expressly gives Texas the option of splitting into five states.
So we have an interesting meta-issue. Is the sponsor of this new pledge conceding that the original legislation containing the option was either unconstitutional or has perished over time, or could one legitimately argue today that Texas has an option to split into five states (with ten senators) without any congressional approval? If the latter is true, then the pledge states a false theory, for Texas is indivisible only so long as Texans wish it to remain that way. sandy sandy
