Quote Originally Posted by mcgraw_wv View Post
Article IV.
Section. 3.

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.
So, this occured to me. California as we know has a budget crisis. What if the people of proposed Jefferson State and donations from abroad bought the area from California? If the legislators agree and we come up with a down payment could we in effect purchase our Free State? Would this be possible? Has it been tried?