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.
Atty. General Eric Holder's long overdue realization that too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason was an important step toward a national recognition that our decades long war on drugs has been ineffective, expensive, and cruel.