[American in Israel]

Forming new status from old ones is not only constitutional, it has been done before. Us FReepers tend to actually know what we are talking about.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Forming new status from old ones is not only constitutional, it has been done before.

That was during extraordinary circumstances, like the Civil War and West Virginia was born.

The Constitution clearly states that no new states may be formed from existing ones.