Considerin
g Governor Rick Perry, by musing about Texas secession, breached Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, Congress would have to vote to allow him to run for President at this point.
Section 3.
"No person shall be a Senator or Representa
tive in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislatur
e, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constituti
on of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrecti
on or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability
."
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxivRead the Article at HuffingtonPost
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