[BroJoeK]

rockrr: "And they deliberately termed it a perpetual union, not a loose confederation of convenience."

jeffersondem: "That is an interesting comment.
Can you point to where in the Constitution the term perpetual union appears?"

Many have pointed out that the Articles of Confederation's reference to "perpetual union" was replaced in the Constitution by a "more prefect union".
They argue: would not a "more perfect union" also be perpetual?

Regardless, our Founders provided several constitutional mechanisms for changing laws, amending the Constitution and even convening to replace the entire constitution with something different.

In 1861 none of those constitutional methods were followed.

[rockrr]

Thanks. You and I and jeffersondem know that looking for the term in the Constitution was a snipe hunt. He knows better but there it is. Like all good leftists they like the Constitution when they feeeeeeel that it favors their agenda and ignore it when it gets in the way.

[jeffersondem]

“Many have pointed out that the Articles of Confederation’s reference to “perpetual union” was replaced in the Constitution by a “more prefect union”.”

That’s what I thought, the term perpetual union does not appear in the Constitution.

Adopted in 1777, the “perpetual union” lasted just 12 years and was then replaced by the Constitution.

The term “perpetual union” was an aspiration of the people who used the term; it was not a binding revelation of duty to future generations unless they wanted it. They didn’t.

Another example: the federal law named the “Affordable Care Act”. That too is a stated aspiration, but because it is not affordable, it is not sustainable and it is going away. Hopefully, it will go away peacefully.