[Publius]

What I was proposing was a constitutional amendment based on the actions taken by Congress after Lincoln's assassination.

In 1865, ten southern states were rolled into five military districts. A state could reclaim its statehood by ratifying the three new amendments to the Constitution and writing a new state constitution acceptable to Congress.

[Jim W N]

The South failed to show it had validity in seceding from the Union, valid secession most clearly expressed in the Declaration of Independence.

So the Union was dealing with basically outlaw states and making provision for them to return.

But your statement seems to express more of a sentiment that allows Congress to simply kick out a state it doesn’t like. Sounds like more tyranny to me.