[4CJ]

4CJ: So your theory is that the party, by possessing explicit right of admission, implicitly controls the right of departure?

NS: Yes.

Well, then by the explicit power of a state to control it's assent to ratification (i.e. unilateral assent), IMPLICITLY each state controls the right to depart by the same means - an act of the people of that state in convention.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well, then by the explicit power of a state to control it's assent to ratification (i.e. unilateral assent), IMPLICITLY each state controls the right to depart by the same means - an act of the people of that state in convention.

No, because new states ratified nothing. They assented to nothing. New states were admitted only with the approval of a majority of the people through a vote in the House and Senate. Constitutionally the incoming state doesn't even have a say in the matter. So if they don't control their admission then how can you say that they control their departure?