An obvious attempt by leftist kooks to hijack the Senate, but is this even allowed under the Constitution??
Don’t new states have to be admitted in by Congress?
Yes, new states have to be admitted by Congress.
If this thing passes, then Congress would still have to pass bills admitting the new states into the union. If Congress doesn’t act, then it would not take effect.
They won’t get what they’re looking for unless Congress approves as well as the government of California.
“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.”
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1
Perhaps an equal number of states can leave the Union when the 6 states of California are admitted, just so everyone doesn’t have to replace their flags.
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(maybe)
From what I have read, the new states must receive permission from the state they want to secede from and then they have to be admitted by Congress.