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2037-11-16: While the exit of the California from the United States spurned generally pro-union sentiment, the opposite became true of Texas and their partners to the north in Oklahoma, as the calls to clamp down on further separatism was taken as offensive to some in the Texan delegation, where a much smaller but still prominent independence camp resided, and now grew larger. This new alliance went a step further than even the Lewis and Clarke Compact in championing states rights, demanding that any constitutional revision include the ability to legally nullify any federal statute.
2037-11-18: Lacking any authorization from the President or Congress, the Joint Chiefs of Staff secretly vote to begin mobilizing the military for potential domestic operations, including the occupation of formerly unmilitarized federal property located in California.