Is the existence of West Virginia legal?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Dismembering one of the Slavers' Rebellion states was the compromise.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Dismembering one of the Slavers' Rebellion states was the compromise.

That’s a generous interpretation but probably wrong. Given that Unionists could have easily controlled a unified Virginia during post-war Reconstruction, the real reason we kept them separate was probably just to ensure more Republican Senators.

Dismembering one of the Slavers' Rebellion states was the compromise.

There is no such penalty for a state choosing to commit treason in effort to protect slavery as doubling its representation in the nations upper chamber.

I was joking.