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To: 4ConservativeJustices
And is only necessitated for states remaining in the union, not those whose conventions have rescinded ratification.

They agreed to Article IV when they ratified.

643 posted on 03/10/2004 2:11:52 PM PST by #3Fan (Kerry to POW-MIA activists: "You'll wish you'd never been born.". Link on my homepage.)
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They agreed to Article IV when they ratified.

Sure. But Article IV does not prohibit secession. But secession is not a legislative act - it is the act of the people of a sovereign state in convention.

646 posted on 03/10/2004 2:22:16 PM PST by 4CJ (||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
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