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To: rhombus
Would it be a violation of the Constitution? Where in the Constitution is there an “escape clause”? Is it really there or is it imagined to be there like abortion rights? Why do you think the founders didn’t have an explicit “escape cluase”? Didn’t we already fight that war? Hey, I’m just askin’.

There wasn't an "escape clause" in the Articles of Confederation, either. In fact it explicitly stated that the union was "perpetual". We discarded the Articles and the "United States in Congress Assembled" and replaced them with the current Constitution and federal government all the same.
55 posted on 03/24/2010 4:12:13 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: The Pack Knight

Good argument. Unfortunately the reality is that we can’t even get enough votest to amend the Constituion let alone doing away with it.


58 posted on 03/24/2010 4:15:14 PM PDT by rhombus
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