Comment on Actual real political cartoon. Just... wtf

• pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No it isn’t. What makes a state a state is historical precedent. There is nothing stopping a local legislature from having a vote and the people voting to declare a city, or probably more accurately a county, a separate state.

  Even if it actually did violate the law, they should judt secede and do it anyway, and send representatives to Congress as if it was a state and just emotionally bludgeon everyone else into accepting it as it always has been done.

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  • Chetzemoka@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What makes a state a state is being ratified by a majority in Congress. I’m not sure you understand how this works. You don’t just get to make a new state because people vote for it.

    "Is West Virginia Constitutional?

    On the creation of new states, the Constitution is pretty clear. Article IV, Section 3, reads that “no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State … without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.”

    …archives.gov/…/is-west-virginia-constitutional/

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Try reading The Constitution. What makes a state a state is ratification by Congress. After the Civil War every single state (except Texas, kinda) was forced to sign a treaty that states that cessession is illegal.

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