[Bubba Ho-Tep]

once a State had retired from the Union, it was no longer bound by Article 1, Section 10, or any other article of the Constitution.

And what if a state joined the confederacy and allowed the CSA army to occupy into its territory before formally ratifying its act of secession? Is Article 1, Sec. 10 meaningless as long as the state says, "Oh, I was going to secede but just hadn't made it official yet"?

[Who is John Galt?]

And what if a state joined the confederacy and allowed the CSA army to occupy into its territory before formally ratifying its act of secession? Is Article 1, Sec. 10 meaningless as long as the state says, "Oh, I was going to secede but just hadn't made it official yet"?

Give me a break. Under your line of reasoning, 'What if Martian parasites invaded the bodies of State officials, and allowed a Martian army to occupy the State's territory before the State formally ratified its act of secession? Is Article 1, Sec. 10 meaningless as long as the state says, "Oh, I was going to secede but just hadn't made it official yet, because the Martian parasites gave me a bad itch"'?

Go vote for Obama - it's more rational (even though it's completely irrational) than what you just posted...