(July 20, 2014 at 11:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Texas was readmitted to the union in 1870 which, I imagine, would render any prior legislation null and void.
You can imagine all you want but Federal Laws just don't magically drop off the books because a state was re-admitted. To my knowledge the 1845 Federal law that allows the state of Texas to break up into 5 states has never been repealed/rescinded/ or declared unconstitutional.