To: Dada Orwell
I seriously doubt Vermont would allow this town to secede. Read Article 4 Section 3 of the US Constitution. In order for this town to seceed, both the Vermont and New Hampshire legilatures would have to approve it as well as the US Congress
Article IV. Section 3
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States 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.
6 posted on
01/09/2004 8:52:01 PM PST by
Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative
In order for this town to seceed, both the Vermont and New Hampshire legilatures would have to approve it as well as the US Congress But Killington isn't trying to become a state. This section governs only the procedure by which new states could be created by breaking up or merging old states.
7 posted on
01/09/2004 9:01:48 PM PST by
SedVictaCatoni
(You keep nasty chips.)
To: Paleo Conservative
The Article you quote says nothing about a part of a state leaving one state and becoming part of another.
It addresses states splitting to form NEW STATES.
BTW, does this Article makes West Virginia unconstitutional?
9 posted on
01/09/2004 9:06:29 PM PST by
George Smiley
(Is the RKBA still a right if you have to get the government's permission before you can exercise it?)
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