[savedbygrace]

You are amending the Constitution, partner. That document is worded exactly as it is for good reason, but you are trying to make it say what it doesn’t say.

If it means you you claim, then Texas would have never been allowed into the Union, because its founding document specifically allowed for succession.

[Non-Sequitur]

I most certainly am not. Implied powers were recognized by Chief Justice Marshall back in the McCulloch v. Maryland decision.

If it means you you claim, then Texas would have never been allowed into the Union, because its founding document specifically allowed for succession.

Quote please.