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Easy solution for folks wanting to be in Idaho. Move there.
Please do not let these monsters spread.
So much for states' rights...
Cascadia now!
That would require the majority of voters in both states agree. Not likely to happen.
The counties wanting to split off weren't anywhere near unanimous, and in total they represent about 150k population, give or take, so deffo no chance in Oregon considering voters in Portland go hard blue (ironically why the movement exists lol). A pass in federal congress is also needed and also not likely.
Eh, I wouldn't count on either of these being STRICTLY NECESSARY. Trump and his cronies have shown considerable willingness to simply bypass restrictions and do things that are blatantly illegal or "don't work that way", and it would not surprise me if he's willing to play ball with white nationalists and rearranges state lines via executive order.
That's not even a amendments thing, it's a baseline constitution thing.
Per Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution:
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
I suppose one could make an argument about it not being a new state formed by the junction/parts of two or more states, just giving one to another, but I doubt even our current SCOTUS would go for that interpretation, as it's wildly farfetched.
Trump himself, and several of his Cabinet, have stated they believe they are a "post-Constitution" administration. I fully believe this means that they intend to ignore constitutionality, and I don't have a doubt in my mind that his backers in Congress and on the Supreme Court will support him doing so.
This is effectively him channeling his favorite president, Andrew Jackson: "the court has made their decision [that what I did was illegal], now let them enforce it." Without anyone willing to enforce consequences, real consequences, not a lot will stop them from simply ignoring the Constitution.
They feel as disenfranchised as Texas Democrats. Must be frustrating.
California could annex eastern Oregon