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The Ardmore Walkout
- Texas Democrats, led by Jim Dunham, staged a walkout in 2003 to block a Republican redistricting plan.
- They fled to Ardmore, Oklahoma, to avoid arrest warrants and disrupt the quorum.
Constitutional Ambiguity
- Michael Stokes Paulsen and Vasan Kesavan argue that Article Four, Section Three of the U.S. Constitution, regarding the formation of new states, is grammatically ambiguous.
- This ambiguity allows for interpretations that could significantly impact the political landscape.
West Virginia Precedent
- The case of West Virginia's formation during the Civil War raises questions about the constitutionality of creating new states from existing ones.
- Paulsen and Kesavan's analysis concludes that West Virginia's formation was constitutional.