The Unconstitutional Process of Establishing West Virginia Statehood
by
Richard H. Owens
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Rogue State chronicles how West Virginia entered—and remains—in the Union under unconstitutional circumstances. Its severance from Virginia and reincorporation as a new state in 1863 occurred outside the bounds of constitutional legality. The United States government, while pledged to prevent...