New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States 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.
He also, in a way, represents what's wrong with Washington. That's not because of Holder's infamous role in the Marc Rich pardon. That episode--which Holder will certainly be asked about during confirmation hearings, which are scheduled to begin Thursday--was a case of Washington pay-to-play.
Actually, Russell Vought is exactly what this country is about. Heâs exercising the belief that America was founded upon: that we are one nation, under God. The ability to voice that belief â even in the public square â is the same vision that brought the Pilgrims to America.