From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 03:59:02 MST
IAAI Michael S. Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
|
|"Ross A. Finlayson" wrote:
|>
|> Hello,
|>
|> Will the United States have more than 50 states? There are procedures
|> to admit states into the union.
|>
|> The flag does not have to change.
|
|Traditionally it does, since the flag laws say that the stars represent
|the number of states. I personally would bet on there being fewer states
|in the future (there are secessionist movements in Hawaii and Alaska).
What about the last time some states tried to leave the federation?
South vs North, and all that. They did not succeed, AFAIK.
Feel free to elaborate on why secessionists would have more luck today.
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