But...
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.
I'm not sure how that helps their case. Not familiar with how West Virginia used this to become a state... but it appears to be written in plain English that they CANNOT do this.
As an Orange County resident, I approve of this plan.
They should just name it New Mississippi because that's what it'll turn into.
I see them trying to claim liberal areas though, like Santa Clara and San Diego.
Last edited by Wyrt; 2018-01-16 at 09:50 PM.
San Diego has traditionally been more Republican leaning, though much more moderate than the eastern parts of the state. Orange County as well.
On topic: This idea to split the state in half, into thirds or even sixths comes up every 10 years or so. This will never happen. There is no way San Diego or OC will want to be associated with rural counties. They will basically support those other regions.
People just think about this from a political standpoint. But demographics shift. Politics change. San Francisco was once reliably conservative through the 1940s and 50s. Just because San Diego and OC are Republican leaning doesn't mean they'll vote to join this state of Jefferson. The economies are drastically different, populations are drastically different.
By the way, the State of Jefferson would include parts of southern Oregon.
And let's not even get into the water issues, which has plagued the state since its inception and continues to this day. Water and transportation infrastructure alone would kill any effort to split the state.
Last edited by Dwarfhamster; 2018-01-16 at 09:53 PM.
False. The quote is three separate statements:
1. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union
2. No new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State
3. No State shall 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.
Semicolons have a specific meaning and usage in legal documents, unlike in other cases, where they mostly just confuse people; it is their primary function other than testing students' grasp of grammar rules.
I'm not sure I understand the motive here. Unless you are suggesting that New California (the blue portion *poor choice in color if that's the case*) is primarily republican.
Also, being from So Cal... I can tell you that San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego... are heavily democrat... so that works against them. Whereas a lot of your northern, and mid counties are farming countries and tend to be much more republican.
This is a really odd place to split the state.
To me (again as a resident) knowing the mindsets of various people (friends and family throughout the state) it would make far more sense to split the state somewhere along the LA county line, perhaps splitting San Bernardino county along the Interstate 40, and include Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles and everything south of it.
Really everything North of the grapevine is an entirely different state from So Cal.
Goodbye Cali will be nice to never have another democratic win the popular vote with +4 million votes from 1 state...
Did you know that most states have some form of succession they have cooked up?
Want there a plan for California to become five States? If anything rather than becoming two, every country skis become it's own state. The infrastructure is already set up that way.