On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:53:16 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

Yup. states were a major part of the name. Sort of like the European
Union. Separate governments combing for a specific purpose.


The countries making up the European Union are free to vote themselves
out of it, ala Brexit. The states in the United States are not free to
vote themselves out of the American union, much as I joke about
California, et al, moving on.


Just exactly where is that defined in the Constitution?
They talk about how you get in but they are silent about how or even
if you can leave.