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To: ought-six
The Articles of Confederation were determind to be unworkable, and were replaced by the Constitution, which became the supreme law of the land. As far as I know, the Constitution does not anywhere use the term “Perpetual Union”.

The Constitution did not abolish the Articles of Confederation, it amended and improved the political arrangements. The Preamble starts off: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...” Not a less perfect Union. There's not a word about abolishing the the perpetuity of the Union anywhere in the Constitution.
53 posted on 08/05/2010 6:56:39 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Another great rock and roll band name: The Radioactive Wild Boars.)
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To: Cheburashka

>There’s not a word about abolishing the the perpetuity of the Union anywhere in the Constitution.

There’s not a word about *keeping* it either. The “more perfect union” may or may not have been referring to the aforementioned ‘perpetual union’ OR it may have been indicating a *new* union.


71 posted on 08/05/2010 7:10:31 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Cheburashka

“The Constitution did not abolish the Articles of Confederation, it amended and improved the political arrangements.”

The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation.


264 posted on 08/05/2010 7:11:51 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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