Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post)
The question is, would it require any Federal action if the State of California amicably or by referendum agreed to split?
No doubt the Feds would have an opinion and could weigh in up to conceivably sending troops to stop the split.
My question is whether there is any legal or constitutional reason for the Feds to intervene.
Splitting a State is a far cry from a State seceding. It would seem that at least the splitting side would revert to territorial and be required to apply for Statehood.
Again, the only reason for this thread is because I have read this is a dead serious issue in CA.