To: Elsie
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State 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 appears, to me, that it would be SEPARATE from California.
The meaning is: "...no new State shall be formed or erected within what had previously been the jurisdiction of any other State..."
In other words: No new State may be formed on territory hitherto within the jurisdiction of any other State.
Regards,
13 posted on
08/29/2014 5:44:52 AM PDT by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: alexander_busek
When the state of California goes bankrupt and is forced to revert to territorial status, there will be a opportunity to admit parts of it as separate states - provided that they can demonstrate fiscal solvency.
29 posted on
08/29/2014 8:37:59 AM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: alexander_busek
“In other words: No new State may be formed on territory hitherto within the jurisdiction of any other State.” . . .”without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress”
Appears it can happen but needs approval at all levels.
33 posted on
08/29/2014 11:47:08 AM PDT by
Hulka
To: alexander_busek
Any ‘meaning’ is parsed by the legislature.
The ‘words’ are quite plain.
36 posted on
08/29/2014 11:54:26 AM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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