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I had asked whether the court cited any specific constitutional prohibition against a state leaving the union. None of these quotes do so.
Just the opposite. He states quite clearly that there is no such power to leave the union once joined because of the permanent nature of the Constitution itself.
By these, the Union was solemnly declared to "be perpetual." And when these Articles were found to be inadequate to the exigencies of the country, the Constitution was ordained "to form a more perfect Union." It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words. What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
Chase is quoting directly from the Constitution.
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