
Divide and Conquer
Revisionist History
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The Semi Colond in the Constitution
Constitution would be crystal clear if the founders had used a period in the middle of it. A comma would mean that the consent provision applies to everything. Both subdividing and combining are legal so long as congress signs off on it. Palson and casevon comb through earlier draugts of that clause. The legis history of the constitution, the records of the framers, and they conclude west virginia is constitutional.
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