"And the population of Puerto Rico is bigger than 6 of these states COMBINED." PR needs statehood.

[Effete Snob]

40. That is a ridiculous argument

Any particular division would require the consent of Congress to that particular proposal.

There is no blanket consent given to Texas in relation to any particular proposal to form a state.

That is simply one of those things that is taught in slave state schools which simply would not work in real life.

Texas also argued, for the same reason, that it had the right to secede.

They lost more than the bonds at issue in Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 (1869). If you know how to look up court cases, then I would suggest you take a look at that 1869 Supreme Court ruling.


"When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. All the obligations of perpetual union, and all the guaranties of republican government in the Union, attached at once to the State. The act which consummated her admission into the Union was something more than a compact; it was the incorporation of a new member into the political body. And it was final. The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the States."

And, in addition to the Constitution, a Supreme Court decision also has more weight than a Smithsonian article.

You can ad hominem all you want, but perhaps you might quote some legal authority beyond a popular magazine.