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To: kennedy
Your interpretation doesn't hold up.

Congress could not have fully consented to the division of the state because it wouldn't have fulfilled its obligation to ensure a republican (little 'r') form of government ("admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution"). So in order to prevent Texas from dividing into additional states, all Congress has to do is withhold approval of the proposed constitutions of the new states.

75 posted on 06/25/2016 4:31:38 PM PDT by SSS Two
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To: SSS Two

Nope, sorry. The first section of the Resolution specifically required the adoption of “a republican form of government.”

Again, your interpretation does not hold up, because it renders the entire section superfluous and utterly meaningless.


77 posted on 06/25/2016 4:42:31 PM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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