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California should be first. Washington state is another. In both cases there is a blue part and a red part.
I’m sure the article should have read “the Not So Supreme Court”.
The United States is one huge Prince Rupert’s drop. When the fragile tail (Portland, OR or Oklahoma, etc.) breaks, the whole thing will shatter.
In theory yes, but in practical terms I think any Conservative Constitutional goals achieved would be celebrating what turns out to be progressive victories in practice. We also have to remember each new state gets two senators of their own and Senators no longer represent their states as much as they do a block of national interests that support them.
NJ should split in two. As should NY. CA should split into three or more.
The last time I looked at a tribal territory map, there are a minimum of five tribal units there and I don’t think the five could agree upon splitting into just one general Indian state, so the real scenario here....would the US allow five new states to come out of this?
It simply begs questions because I could see the same scenario occurring in Hawaii and Alaska, along with Florida. You could easily enter a decade where fifteen states are added, and serious discussions about allowing other states to splinter as well.
The author of this piece must intentionally be misreading the decision or playing with us. The McGirt decision is one of those “bad cases, make bad law” decisions, but its ramifications are not as drastic as to put 1/2 of Oklahoma under the jurisdiction of the Creeks.
He’s right, though, about the proposal of the State of Sequoyah. It was proceeding with favor until the established eastern states said: “Wait a minute. If we do that there will be TWO Indian Senators immediately. We can’t have that! Plus they will be from the West. That will dilute our power.”
Well, COOL!
I’ll get to be a REAL blue-eyed NDN!
(Not holding my breath, obviously.)
The Governor and the tribes are talking things over even today. It’ll all get straightened out soon enough, just needs the Governor to back off on some stuff he’s been pushing lately... Having to do with money...
BTW I had a brief talk with a Cherokee yesterday, a young guy who was an Army vet as an MP. He said he’d much rather be in trouble with the state than with the tribe... Which is what this is all about, criminal jurisdiction...
Might be a good time to exercise that option.
It should not split into two. It should split into an Indian Nation and Oklahoma. The Indians can do whatever they want—and leave the rest of the country to itself.
Let all of the folks who hate America migrate to the new Five Nation, nation. Have a ball.
I’ve been saying for years that PA should donate Philthadelphia (aka West Camden) to the People’s Democratic Republic of New Jersey.
Both states would benefit.
None of them would have the valid reasons to split like the UP Of Michigan has over the Lower.
Two completely different peoples and areas.
Matter of fact. I told people that the UP should become its own country. Personally, I could make it the richest country on the face of the earth if it was got away from the corrupt US Government.
Crazy? The UP has international borders, Could have large International ports. The largest deposit of copper in the world. Large deposits of other industrial minerals. The largest stands of prime hardwood, such as maple, in the world. It does have some oil-not much, but some.
The natural resources in the UP built much of the USA. During WW2, over 90% of the iron ore used in the production of war materials came from the UP of Michigan.
What’s the future? half the territory given to descendants of those who had their land taken from them? And the other half given to descendants of slaves?
Is that our future?
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4020.ct011160/?r=-0.089,-0.438,1.111,1.808,90
This author is ignorant of many facts and the ones he does know he is twisting to create wild speculation.
The tribes and the State will work this out. Only the radical factions will try to exploit this. One radical faction though includes the foolish governor stitt. His position on ttribal gaming is just nuts as one example of his foolishness.
All Americans should welcome this opportunity to reconsider their state borders as well as all regulatory boundaries.
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The Seminole Indians held South Florida for quite a while.
I vote to split off Miami/Dade, Monroe, Broward etc. into a separate state called South Florida.
I’m tired of their Dem election shenanigans.
The Republican counter-proposal to DC statewide is to retrocede the City of Washington to Maryland, giving that state 1 more Congressman (until the next apportionment) and 1 more Electoral Vote, and taking away DC’s 3 Electoral Votes.
Alexandria and Arlington were originally part of DC and were retroceded a long time ago.
The original idea of DC is that it would be a capitol district and wouldn’t have a vote. Such an idea was implemented in other countries, e.g., Brazil; but, nowadays this isn’t thoughr fair.
With regard to Guam and other incorporated territories too small to be admiitted as states, I suggest:
They be allowed to associated with a state, providing that state and the U.S. Congress approves, for the purpose of apportionment and voting in federal elections.
Puerto Rico, I’d condition admission as a state on it’s resolution of its current debt problems, and adoption of balanced budget and sinking fund provisions in its state constitution.
California, with 40 million people, California is the largest state; with Texas second with 30 million, Florida and New York next with about 20 million each, and six states with 10 to 13 million.
Split California into two, North and South, and you simply wind up with two very Democratic states, one dominated by Los Angeles and the other by the San Francisco metropolitan area. Split California into four states: (L.A., S.F., North and South), and you’d have two very Democratic states and two purple states, each about 10 million. North California could remain California with its capital at Sacramento, and southern California could be named Reagan.
Split Texas into three states: Austin/San Antonio (retaining the name Texas), Houston (which is, after all, the name of Sam Houston), and Dallas/Fort Worth which could be named (Audie) Murphy. Each of these would be purple states.
Split New York into two states: New York (duh?) and Roosevelt (both Theodore and Franklin). One of these states would be very Democratic and the other competitive.
Split Florida into two states with a dividing line near Orlando. The northern part would retain the name Florida, and the southern part could be named Lincoln. Both of these states would be competitive.
All of the divisions would result in states of about 10 million and we would no longer have any super states; just a lot of states in the range of 10 to 13 million people.
BTW freeze the number of stars on the flag at 50.
About 15 years ago, there was some talk of parts of Maryland breaking off. Ten years ago, I moved to the liberal cesspool (deal with it, I needed a job)
This place really is two states. Baltimore and a handful of insane counties could easily break off and become their own bastion of lunacy and leave the rest of us to thrive.