I don’t see why not. It’s happened in the past. Plus obama already thinks there is 60 states so he might not even notice.
Too bad it requires the approval of the legislature of California and approval by Congress. See Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.
This should probably happen in most states. Certainly VA- NOVA should definitely be its own state because it’s certainly not like the rest of the state. West Virginia did it, so there is a precedent, but I’m not sure how it can happen.
To me , the BIGGEST obstacle is comign up with a hard number as to what share of California’s debt...bonds, pensions, estimating all the unfunded liabilities, etc, the new state would have to agree to assume...it would require serious accounting...something the pols wouldn’t want done..also, I’m pretty sure that many of the bond woiuld immediately become callable and due, or have to be renegotiated..
Probably not as congress wouldn’t go for it unles You find a liberal area that wanted to come into union to have any chance in order to keep balance..ie Alaska and Hawaii came in at the same time, one republican state and one democratic state.
Were they to succeed Northern CA would get RICH QUICKLY selling water rights!
"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."
It's possible, if Sacramento consents...or, if there is another Civil War and they try to pull a West Virginia.
Maybe they should just join with Baja California del Norte.
I've got all this ammo I've had for years waiting for the "Big One". It's time to renew and replenish. Will they be under the Mexican flag?
The key to this is water.
When democrats can’t get their way they’re always wanting to divide and attempt to conquer.
United we stand. Divided we will fall.
Wow...look at the poll results!!
I love this idea!
I’d love to see NYC become the 51st state. Well, Obama would think it’d be the 61st but whatever....
If this happens I’ll stay in California.
It’s the only way to salvage at least part of California.
The north is proof of what happens when liberals and the DNC has a total lock on culture, economics and schools.
I am a native, born here in Sacto in 57.
Calif in its current configuration is beyond repair.
I can vision him ordering a top hat and waistcoat now.
Leni
So the new state really WOULD be Mexifornia?
Even if it were possible, I hardly see this as a good idea.
The illegals run Kalifornia now, souther Kalifornia in particular.
Adding two more agents of Mexico to the U.S. Senate hardly seems like a good idea, how many congressmen would they get?
There may be conservative enclaves in So. Kali, but this will not increase their power.
Any attempt to resist the illegal alien takeover is likely to be met with arrest as a “hate crime” and condemnation by the press at the least.
“Control the border”, who is he kidding?
Address change ~~ping~~
When Republicans are next in power then that would be the ideal time for a large state, or group of states, to secede.
There would be bloodshed if it was done when demos are in power.
This will happen sometime in the next 50 years no matter what. The country is in a downward socialistic spiral. People will demand a place to escape to.
The states that secede could agree to pay their share of the national debt over a period of say 50-100 years in US dollars. The agreement would need to state that the dollar could not be re-valued but must stay as is. This would force the remaining rump nation to at least attempt to control inflation because the money due would float up or down in value with the worth of the dollar :-)
The new nation would thrive, the old nation would soon collapse and state after state would petition to join the new free nation. The old nation would eventually print money like Weimar Germany and the value of the dollar would drop to a tiny fraction of what it is now. The new nation would then sell a little gold and pay off their debt with tons of worthless dollar notes :-)
Yes, I know it won’t happen...what I fear will happen is some sort of civil war...very bad business that.