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a narrower interpretation of the interstate commerce clause would disable many aspects of the federal governments agency system and require a different legal rationale from Congress if the people want to continue them, I don’t know how those specific examples you mention fall into that and it isn’t an argument for anything specific except an interpretation more congruent with federalism

I’m arguing for more durable consensus. Look at the accession process of Texas versus a territory with Hispanics, Pacific Islanders or Asians, and see how many steps were done in the former versus how many were skipped in the latter. Do those steps and accept any outcome. I’m not arguing for any specific outcome of an areas status.