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American states are sovereign entities, not mere administrative districts that exist at the pleasure of the Feds.
by koenigdavidmj 10y ago
American states are sovereign entities, not mere administrative districts that exist at the pleasure of the Feds.
- CalChris 10y agoThe sovereignty of states most definitely does not exist outside of the Constitution. For example, states can be split into two; Kentucky was originally part of the State of Virginia and became a separate state in 1792, the 15th. West Virginia was a part of Virginia, Maine was a part of Massachusetts, Vermont was a part of New York. This is covered in Article IV, Section 3, clause 1 of the Constitution which says: no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State... without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. This too can be changed. States are mere administrative districts that exist at the pleasure of the Constitution. This state sovereignty under the Articles of Confederation was done away with by the Constitution.
- ende 10y agoNo they are not. The states share sovereignty through the Federal government. That's the very definition of Federalism. We are not a single Unitary state. The mere fact that any partition of union requires the approval of the legislatures of the involved states is demonstative of this.