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To: Drennan Whyte
Both cited the Constitution. When it was ratified, it was with the understanding that the agreement could be voided at any time.
153 posted on 12/27/2010 2:25:50 PM PST by Othniel (There is no god named Allah, and Mohammed is its false prophet.)
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To: Othniel
When it was ratified, it was with the understanding that the agreement could be voided at any time.

What about those states who did not ratify the Constitution but were instead admitted by a vote in Congress? In other words all but the original 13? It was hardly an agreement on their part; in fact the Constitution doesn't give the people in the territories any say in the issue of statehood or not. How can they void an agreement that they didn't agree to? If your point is that for the original 13 states leaving should be the same as joining, an agreement entered into can also be opted out of, then for all the states that came later shouldn't leaving require the agreement of those states that let them join in the first place?

161 posted on 12/27/2010 2:34:49 PM PST by Drennan Whyte
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