I know enough to know that the Constitution doesn't lay out much detail on the process of admission of a state. Certain formalities that were instituted during the process of admitting later states weren't followed, while others were. Clearly, though, since Congress passed an act authorizing the people of Ohio to form a government, and that that "the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original states in all regards whatever," it seems pretty clear what the intent of Congress was. The people of Ohio did form a state government, and in 1803, that state's representatives were seated in Congress.
That is my point. Anything goes with regard to what happens to us. They have no boundaries. They have no time limits. Tyranny advances on the back of what the pols want. Wording or procedure does not hold them back. Any and all rationalizations can be used to justify whatever the court does. We simply say “well, they seated Ohio” or “they applied to be a state” in does not matter that their application was never accepted. It does not matter the amendments did not pass they were accepted. It seems like a lot of people on FR simply like it this way.