Opinion: California doesn’t need to secede; the U.S. already abandoned us

In divorce, there is a legal concept called “constructive abandonment.”

The term applies to a spouse who remains in the home — this is not physical abandonment — but refuses to perform the responsibilities of marriage. The spouse provides no emotional support, makes no financial contributions and/or refuses to have sexual relations. Through repeated neglect and misconduct, the spouse has abandoned the marriage.

Californians, even happily married ones, should find this idea familiar.

Because the United States has constructively abandoned the Golden State.

Which is why we should stop talking about secession or declaring independence. Trump dismantled the government and ended the democratic republic. He dumped us.

Like the Eagles song, we’re already gone.

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