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New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State 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.

It appears, to me, that it would be SEPARATE from California.

8 posted on 08/29/2014 4:28:15 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State 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.

It appears, to me, that it would be SEPARATE from California.

The meaning is: "...no new State shall be formed or erected within what had previously been the jurisdiction of any other State..."

In other words: No new State may be formed on territory hitherto within the jurisdiction of any other State.

Regards,

13 posted on 08/29/2014 5:44:52 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)

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