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"And West Virginia does not legally exist. (See the Constitutional provisions for creating a new state from the territory of an existing state)"

Where would I find that?

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Where would I find that?

Art. 4, Sec. 3:
Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.