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[–] ArbitraryValue 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's precedent for it, with West Virginia. The problem is that the way that the Senate works makes what could have been a local issue extremely national.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Just make them like Puerto Rico where they are neither a state nor a sovereign nation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

That precedent comes with a big civil war shaped asterik.