“The ratification documents are artifacts, not legally-binding agreements. They did not, and do not have the force of law.”
Sweet! That means that ratification was meaningless, and thus there was no legal Union!
Those three dudes who wrote up the Federalist Papers were just engaged in verbal masturbation!
And Lincoln’s actions killed over half a million people for nothing!
Thanks rockrr, for your support and insight!
That’s what you get for staring directly into the sun for too long.
;’)