As you know what the Ninth Circuit said, why is the opinion wrong? Please give cites to statutes and cases.
It’s wrong because in the two three cases mentioned that touch on this subject, they expand the power of the Fedgov to retain Territory land after it becomes a State.
This isn’t allowed for in the explicit language of the Constitution.
There have been links posted to the relevant court cases in some of these threads. I’ll see if I can dig back to them.
Nor do Courts get to re-write law. IMO, anyone spouting “case law” should be tried for treason.
Not joking.