2007-05-29 11:22:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Congress. Read the U.S. Constitution, Article 4, Section 3.
"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."
2007-05-29 13:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Placid 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The people of the united States of America as a whole
2007-05-29 18:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congress
2007-05-29 18:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by NOVA50 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as a territory has 60,000 people it can and the territory itself needs to admit itself by holding a constitutional convention for that new state.
2007-05-29 18:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by Worldemperor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US.
2007-05-29 18:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋