Prior to the 17th amendment, the way to "dissolve", neuter, or do away with the Union was for state legislatures to stop electing Senators. Once enough states s

Prior to the 17th amendment, the way to "dissolve", neuter, or do away with the Union was for state legislatures to stop electing Senators. Once enough states stopped electing and sending Senators then a quorum would cease to exist and nothing (lack of bills and budgets) would get done grinding everything to a halt...