Nothing Secesses Like Secession

Dust off your Confederate monuments, today's quiz tests your knowledge of the Civil War:

Q: Which legal precept enabled West Virginia to secede from the State of Virginia in 1863?

A: Because West Virginia.

HaHa. And no doubt with dreams of being the next West Virginia, this group of Republicans want to secede from the State of Illinois:

New Illinois, an organization that wants to create a state separate from Chicago and urban Cook County, drew about 60 people to a meeting Saturday at the Palatine Township Republican Organization office.
'New Illinois' supporters meet in Palatine, discuss urban-rural divide

For the record, Palatine is a township of Cook County; Palatine also is a village that straddles both Cook and Lake counties.

Downstate GOP separatists warn that Palatine residents would not be permitted to secede along with them: "Trump administration directives are clear. All Palatinians will have their visas revoked and will be deported."