> Just slice up the damn state. Not that simple. Other states, the small ones, will not permit [0] it to happen, since it would dilute their own unfair influe

> Just slice up the damn state. Not that simple. Other states, the small ones, will not permit [0] it to happen, since it would dilute their own unfair influence on the federal government, [1] the relic of an ancient join-up bribe from 1788. [0] https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIV-S3-C1-4/ALDE_00013711/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIV-S3-C1-4... [1] https://medium.com/qri-io/youre-probably-underrepresented-in-the-u-s-senate-a2c1f7068b06 https://medium.com/qri-io/youre-probably-underrepresented-in...