Try again. That clause is there to ensure that the Senate representation remains equal for all states, no one state can be underrepresented or overrepresented. If the state is expelled then it is no more entitled to representation in the Senate than Canada or Belgium. So what prevents that from happening? I'm not aware of anything in the Constitution that says the states cannot expel another state, so that must be a power reserved to them through the 10th Amendment. Right?Try again. The clause specifically states that it must be with the states consent. In your liberal reading of a living Constitution you can find whatever penumbra and emmanation your heart desires, but the clause in no way is a guarantee of equal representation - that's Article 1 §3 ['The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State'].
Try again. The clause specifically states that it must be with the states consent. In your liberal reading of a living Constitution you can find whatever penumbra and emmanation your heart desires, but the clause in no way is a guarantee of equal representation - that's Article 1 §3 ['The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State']. And I will repeat, since you seem to be a little slow today, if the other states, acting in the capacity as sovereign entities, boot another state out of the Union then that body of land is no longer a state. No longer bound by the Constitution. No longer protected by it. It has no right to representation, so the other states are depriving it of nothing.