Actually, the sports metaphor worked out just fine and was fully justified in Post 59.
If you prefer the Constitution metaphor, that worked out just fine also and was fully justified in Post 67.
Totally ignoring the clear wording of the Tenth Amendment at all costs does not make the Tenth Amendment go away.
By ignoring the clear language of the Tenth Amendment, you can certainly prove the fact that the plain English of the Constitution can be and frequently is circumvented by sophistry and/or a blind eye but you are doing absolutely nothing else.
I ignore nothing. It is you who look at the amendment and find words like 'explicit' and 'specific' where they don;t appear. The amendment merely says that powers not delegated to the United States or prohibited to the states are reserved for the states or the people. Well, the power to admit a state and to approve changes in its status once admitted are powers delegated to the United States. The power to take unilateral action which may impact the interests and well-being of other states are powers prohibited to the states. It's all very clear. Unilateral secession is a power prohibited to the states. As the Supreme Court found.
By ignoring the clear language of the Tenth Amendment, you can certainly prove the fact that the plain English of the Constitution can be and frequently is circumvented by sophistry and/or a blind eye but you are doing absolutely nothing else.
And by inserting words that do not exist into the Constitution you also subvert its meaning.