<Ul> <Li> Texas v. White, United States Supreme Court, (1869) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Texas v. White, United States Supreme Court, (1869) </Li> <Dl> <Dd> In 1869, the Supreme Court ruled that secession of Texas from the United States was illegal . The court wrote, "The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States ." The court did allow some possibility of the divisibility "through revolution, or through consent of the States ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> In 1869, the Supreme Court ruled that secession of Texas from the United States was illegal . The court wrote, "The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States ." The court did allow some possibility of the divisibility "through revolution, or through consent of the States ." </Dd>

Texas is not part of the united states