[Political Junkie Too]

Yes, I meant that they go back to being a State outside of the Constitution,but I think I meant to imply that if one state leaves the Union, that dissolves the Union for all. They all devolve into 50 independent states.

That's what Madison meant by the right to secede is also the right of the many to oust. One state leaving breaks the Union for all.

-PJ

[FLT-bird]

Yes, I meant that they go back to being a State outside of the Constitution,but I think I meant to imply that if one state leaves the Union, that dissolves the Union for all. They all devolve into 50 independent states. That's what Madison meant by the right to secede is also the right of the many to oust. One state leaving breaks the Union for all.

Why would one state leaving dissolve the union for all? When the Southern states left the union, they never even suggested that Wisconsin could not maintain whatever kind of relationship it wished with Rhode Island. That was entirely their business.

[DiogenesLamp]

Yes, I meant that they go back to being a State outside of the Constitution,but I think I meant to imply that if one state leaves the Union, that dissolves the Union for all.

When the 13 colonies left the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom or "Union" (Union of the Crowns of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland) remained intact.

Since that time, Canada and Australia have also left the Union, yet the Union remains.

That's what Madison meant by the right to secede is also the right of the many to oust. One state leaving breaks the Union for all.

And this is where I tell you that the US Congress had to threaten Rhode Island to force it to join the Union. It kept rejecting ratification and the Congress finally said they would blockade trade with it if it didn't ratify the Constitution.

Do you believe coercing people into a Union is right and proper? So did the Soviet "Union."