Interesting theory, but it also agrees that some states aren't part of the U.S. because they didn't ratify the Constitution and are therefore not governed by it. #ConfederateSouth
This might not be the good idea that it sounds like.

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♲ anubis2814 - 2024-10-31 04:34:06 GMT

Hypothetically If #congress ever wanted to, because WV was never declared constitutional by the Supreme court, They could forcefully merge VA and WV together. Some counties in VA want to be moved to WV but that would require agreement of both states and congress and that wont happen.
The impacts would not be as big, unless there was a low voter turnout. New VA would have gone to Biden and the senate in 2020, But Trump would have won the entire state in 2016.
I don't know if either party wants to risk that. If WV population keeps declining enough in the future though, it might be a viable option.