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Well stated, which is exactly why the Articles of Confederation were not applicable to these states. It's a red herring to say "Florida and Alabama" violated the Articles of Confederation; they never agreed to adhere to this document.

A very strange comment that carried to it's logical conclusion would blow your states-rights position to hell.

By agreeing to abide under the constitution new states agreed to all of it's tenants and were granted identical privileges and responsibility as the first 13 states. There is no "Seniority" clause in the Constitutional provision to admit new states and no "greater" or "lesser" states based on longevity. All are equally bound under identical conditions be it Delaware or Hawaii.