Is North Dakota Really a State?

[Ichingcarpenter]

An 82-year old Grand Forks man has pointed out a constitutional flaw that questions whether North Dakota has ever been a state.

John Rolczynski points out the original state constitution left out the executive branch, the Governor and other high ranking officials when it explains who needs to take the oath of office. Rolczynski says that puts the state constitution in conflict with the federal one, making it invalid.

This spring, Senator Tim Mathern of Fargo introduced a bill to fix the constitution's wording.
North Dakota voters will need to approve the constitutional amendment in November of next year.


http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/15042307/is-north-dakota-really-a-state

[Cereal Kyller]

1. It's North Dakota

Who cares??? :P

[kenny blankenship]

26. It's Canada's Appendix

And like the other appendix you don't care about it until it is inflamed and swollen with disease and threatening to kill you.

[Chipper Chat]

2. If given a choice

would North Dakota voters prefer to become part of Canada?
Might start a trend.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. 1 democratic Senator 1 Rethuglican Senator and one Rethug Congressman

I wonder if their vote counts since its territory and not a state?

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. If its not a State it doesn't have Senators

but observers in congress.

I wonder if some hot shot lawyer will go after this snafu

I bet it will be grandfathered in somehow.

[geardaddy]

16. and one tree.

[former9thward]

19. Given that Canada's unemployment rate is over twice North Dakota's

I would say they wouldn't.

[Major Hogwash]

5. Hahahaha!!! Have you ever been there?

Of course it's not a state, it's a buffer zone between the US and Canada to keep Kansans from moving northward and crossing over into Canada!!!

Ha ha ha!!!!!

[LeftinOH]

6. Merge the two Dakotas, save on administrative costs. The new state would

would be one of the nation's largest in area, but with only about 1.5 million people. DAKOTA!

[area51]

15. If you merge the Dakotas,

shouldn't you also merge the Virginias?

[ProfessorGAC]

24. That Would Be Ok With Me

The Carolinas, too! And, maybe even Rhode Island and Connecticut into one state. And we can combine Delaware and Maryland.

Just kidding, sort of. But, there are some odd choices as to which land areas are states and which are just big giant states.
GAC

[pipoman]

21. When still a territory it was only one

I have maps with Dakota Territory..

[WatsonT]

28. We'd then have to split some other state

49 stars is just silly looking.

[Renew Deal]

7. ND should return any benefits they've been receiving immediately!

And a star should be removed from the flag until this is fixed.

[tuckessee]

13. And charge Washington, DC rent for any "federal" property. n/t

[Renew Deal]

14. If it wasn't for the US you'd be speaking Canadian!

:D

[fivepennies]

8. A target on their back.

How the Nation’s Only State-Owned Bank Became the Envy of Wall Street

— By Josh Harkinson

Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in America —what Republicans might call an idiosyncratic bastion of socialism. It also earned a record profit last year even as its private-sector corollaries lost billions.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2009/03/how-nation%E2%80%99s-only-state-owned-bank-became-envy-wall-street

[21st Century FDR]

9. Ah, so that explains why they're under attack

The criminals can't steal from them, so that makes them "socialists".

North Dakota may not have much else worthy of note, but the state bank is a great example that all the other states should really follow.

[fivepennies]

12. According to the article

other states ARE looking into the success of the ND state bank. Gotta put the kibosh on it. And then there's the oil to think about.



Massive Oil Deposit Could Increase US reserves by 10x
Thanks to new technology the Bakken Formation in North Dakota could boost America’s Oil ... is expected to be one of the greatest booms in Oil discovery since Oil was ...
www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-​energy-news2.13s.html - Cached


Can't have socialist oil, it belongs to wall street.

[Viking12]

25. That and they have oil...

[Cereal Kyller]

10. "Fargo" was a vastly overrated movie

Rebecca and I rented it, watched it, then looked at each other in classic :wtf: mode.

[uppityperson]

17. Was set and filmed in Minnesota, none was actually in Fargo. But "Brainerd" or "St Louis Park" just

didn't have the right sound.

[charlie and algernon]

11. Well technically neither are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky and Massachusetts

They're Commonwealths.

:P

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. North Dakota has the best economy in the country

So let's not dump it over the side yet.

[Bluebear]

20. North Dakota, you're free! Save yourself!

:)

[H2O Man]

22. North Dakota is a concept

by which we measure our pain.

[chrisa]

23. The one person living there seems to think so

:evilgrin:

[Capt. America]

27. Wasn't there a bill proposed a few years ago to change ND's name to just "Dakota" anyway? I think th...

theory was to make it more "sexy" and to distinguish itself from the "less hip" South Dakota?