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Could the USA "kick" a State out?
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Wonder though, does that mean states can combine?
Actually, yes, but that has never happened.
Yeah, because you're giving up federal power for... a bigger state budget? Not really a great trade.
Until captain planet.
"By your ~~powers~~ states combined, I am Captain Planet!"
Make the MIMAL voltron.
Megasota
It's laid out very explicitly in the COTUS (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1):
The funny thing is that during the civil war, West Virginia seceded from Virginia, and Congress voted to allow it and they were accepted into the union. There are a lot of people who argue that when that happened it was unconstitutional. However, it has never been tested, as far as I know.
That's a new word. We have POTUS, FLOTUS, SCOTUS and now COTUS.
That would almost imply the Confederacy had legally left the USA, and Wrst Virginia legally left the Confederacy and joined the Union. Basically you could say none of this was un constitutional if the Confederacy was not a part of the USA at the time.
I would be doing it a disservice to try and explain it myself, but there were a lot of legal theories on how they could justify WV without justifying the Confederacy leaving the union. It's an interesting topic.
Seems like it'd be easier, more honest and less "Jump through hoopy" to just say they left and we reconquered them. Unless you really don't want think states leaving is legal when it probably is.
You're mistaking the fact that I recognize a limitation of myself with something else.
If what I said wasn't fairly accurate, there'd be no need for legal arguments so arcane you don't feel capable of describing them accurately.
One thing I am pretty good at is recognizing blatantly bad logically fallacious arguments on the internet, such as the classic "false dichotomy."
No, you clearly aren't, especially if you think this is a false dichotomy. I'm sorry, you were right about your limitations.