Anton,
The "law" I was speaking of was indeed from the
Constitution - I should have had my facts a little
more in tact before making my post!
Virginia was not part of the United States but the
Confederacy when West Virginia was formed, so that's
probably why they didn't have to give consent. WV was
first recognized as the "Resotred Government of
Virginia" so Congress probably made no distinction.
Brendan
> The US Constitution says (Article IV Section 3
> paragraph 1):
>
> New States may be admitted by the Congress into
> this Union;
> but no new State shall be formed or erected within
> the
> Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be
> formed
> by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of
> States,
> without the Consent of the Legislatures of the
> States
> concerned as well as of the Congress.
>
> The legislature of Virginia certainly did not
> consent to having its
> northwestern counties amputated. Perhaps it was
> forced to consent
> after the war as a condition of "readmission".
>
>
> --
> Anton Sherwood -- http://ogre.nu/ (not working
> just now)
>
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