I'm not a lawyer. Nor do I play one on television. So everything I say next should be taken with more than one grain of salt.
States are the fundamental building blocks that comprise our republic. Counties are subdivisions of a state. The state government brings counties into existence, and can do the reverse. There are legal mechanisms whereby groups of counties can be split off from a state and then join another. But I know of no mechanism whereby a county could become an independent entity under Federal law without in fact becoming a state. That would have to involve a lot of action by, possibly hostile, state and Federal governments.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not a lawyer. Nor do I play one on television. So everything I say next should be taken with more than one grain of salt.
ReplyDeleteStates are the fundamental building blocks that comprise our republic. Counties are subdivisions of a state. The state government brings counties into existence, and can do the reverse. There are legal mechanisms whereby groups of counties can be split off from a state and then join another. But I know of no mechanism whereby a county could become an independent entity under Federal law without in fact becoming a state. That would have to involve a lot of action by, possibly hostile, state and Federal governments.