The key to creating useful regional territories is cooperation, in this case based on complementary delegation of authority.
To the federal government, a regional territory is devolution; to the states, it looks more like confederation.
Regional defense force units could be assigned to regional or federal operational command as required.
The first step toward this new level of government would be for the federal government to pass a regional territories organic act incorporating a model constitution and standard processes for the establishment of territories.
Why would a regional territories organic act be passed? In a sense, this is both a highly partisan and bipartisan issue, as both sides agree to disagree.
Regional territories require a lower threshold of consent from the governed and provide a pressure valve in times of extreme disagreement.
Regional territories offer many of the benefits of secession in a counterintuitive way, through greater cooperation.
https://mises.org/wire/regional-territories-decentralization-plan-usa
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