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Originally Posted by slayda
And I'm told, was never ratified by the states and so is not legal.
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That argument goes that Ohio was not officially recognized as a state in 1803 by the Congress. It was admitted as a state, but the Northwest Ordinance allowed territories to join when they reached a population of 60,000. In 1801, when the law allowing Ohio to join the union was passed, they had onlly 45,000. The law stated that Ohio was growing so rapidly that in 1803, there was no doubt that it would qualifiy. This was later seen as not being an actual proclamation. When the 16th amendment was passed, it passed by only one state, so everyone with an axe to grind (mostly the population of the US) tries to get the 16th disqualified by using that argument. The Supreme Court has repeatedly told those who try to do something about it to bugger off.