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To: DownInFlames
Unconstitutional. Clearly states no state may be divided to make a new state. WV being created by Lincoln should not have been allowed.

Seriously???

Maine was created by separating it from the state of Massachusetts
33 posted on 01/18/2018 10:05:30 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie
Maine was created by separating it from the state of Massachusetts

"In 1819, Massachusetts agreed to permit secession, sanctioned by voters of the rapidly growing region the following year."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine

37 posted on 01/18/2018 10:38:50 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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