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by koenigdavidmj 3480 days ago
Importantly, this was only done with the consent of the state.
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AnimalMuppet 3479 days ago
I'm not sure that West Virginia came out of Virginia with Virginia's consent...
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koenigdavidmj 3479 days ago
Wartime is a long-accepted way of changing what a government has sovereignty over. This is still a bad example to show that US states are mere administrative decisions permitted to exist because the feds feel nice today.
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