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To: ConservativeInPA
I wish they would want to create a new state instead. Might as well play the same game as Rats want to do, but be successful at it. One Republican house member and two Republican senators would be better than strengthening the already red state of ID.

The Constitution Prevents that, or a least makes it much harder.

Article IV, Section 3: 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.

To form a new state, they would need approval from Oregon and Congress which is unlikely. However, there's nothing specifically in the Constitution that prevents parts of one state breaking off and joining an existing state.

If they wanted to form a new state, it would be easier to 1st break off and join Idaho, then after that try a form a new state (I'm sure Idaho would be more willing to let them go).

23 posted on 05/20/2021 7:11:34 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1

The multi-step approach works for me.


28 posted on 05/20/2021 8:39:29 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: qam1
If they wanted to form a new state, it would be easier to 1st break off and join Idaho, then after that try a form a new state (I'm sure Idaho would be more willing to let them go).

Thanks for the lesson - I've wondered, as an Idahoan. I've read some history on how these state lines were originally drawn. All politics, common sense not so much.

A great divider (maybe even into CA) would be, west of the Cascades, as far south as you want (Lefties). Inland Northwest could hash out the rest or generally keep existing lines (OR/WA, WA/ID, OR/ID). Or maybe eastern WA and OR would want to combine, not sure.

One of the problems I see with what the OR counties are doing is the sheer size and diversity of the land we're talking about. That's a lot to ask Idaho to bite off and would have an overwhelming effect on state politics (good or bad, who knows).

30 posted on 05/20/2021 9:59:40 AM PDT by viewfromthefrontier
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