To: Publius
It's unconstitutional to create a new state from the territory of another state. Otherwise New York would long have split off from New York City.
3 posted on
03/11/2005 10:18:10 AM PST by
thoughtomator
(I believe in the power of free markets to do good)
To: thoughtomator
It's constitutional if it is agreed to by the state and by Congress. (West Virginia was the exception.)
6 posted on
03/11/2005 10:19:31 AM PST by
Publius
(The people of a democracy choose the government they want, and they ought to get it good and hard.)
To: thoughtomator
It's unconstitutional to create a new state from the territory of another state. Otherwise New York would long have split off from New York City.
Correct - same goes for California :)
7 posted on
03/11/2005 10:19:48 AM PST by
andyk
To: thoughtomator
"It's unconstitutional to create a new state from the territory of another state."How then do you explain the existence of West Virginia?
36 posted on
03/11/2005 10:48:06 AM PST by
Redbob
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