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That isn't really true. US states are not fully sovereign. The United States could abolish the states entirely by modification of the Constitution. The union of
by rhino369 11y ago
That isn't really true. US states are not fully sovereign. The United States could abolish the states entirely by modification of the Constitution. The union of the states is "perpetual."
America fought this battle at the ballot box during the ratification of the Constitution, the federalists won. And again during the Civil War, the unionists won. It is a settled matter.
- __z 11y agoEven if it were true it doesn't differ in meaning at all from what I said. I put the caveat it was a very simplistic explication - there is shared sovereignty which is defined in the US Constitution, that's the important part. If we want to be annoying pedantic the US fought against Great Britain for independence, the UK didn't even exist then.