[MamaTexan]

The United States existed under the Articles of Confederation from the end of the Revolutionary War until ratification of the Constitution, nearly a decade.

Which is, in and of itself, true.

The point I'm trying to make is that neither the Articles nor current compact create the supremacy espoused by those who tend to believe that the Constitution is some kind of suicide pact.

[RegulatorCountry]

Some States specified via their own constitutions, the means to dissolve the compact. Others didn’t. It’s a very old debate that predates our country, with well-known factions battling before, after and ever since ratification. The southern States which seceded clearly believed themselves to have possessed that right. They were not alone, and were not the first to have threatened to do so.

[rockrr]

The point I'm trying to make is that neither the Articles nor current compact create the supremacy espoused by those who tend to believe that the Constitution is some kind of suicide pact.

I always thought that an odd phrase, "believe that the Constitution is some kind of suicide pact". By it I presume that you mean those of us who understand the union, under both the Articles of confederation and the United States Constitution to be perpetual, but I see nothing suicidal in it whatsoever.

Now take a poster like central-va - by his rhetoric he does believe it to be a suicide pact and can't wait for it to fail (as do many Lost Causers).

[KrisKrinkle]

“Which is, in and of itself, true.”

So, you were just jerking me around when you wrote “Source please.”