RetiredGySgt
Diamond Member
No provision exists withint he constitution of the United States of America to allow for the removal of a state.
What if you just ignored a state and stopped sending them assistance...in particular, this could be done to Hawaii.
That would be Unconstitutional. As the Federal Government must ensure all its actions are State Neutral. And it has specific duties in regards the Government of any State.
They could not, for example stop taxing them as that violates the provision that all taxes must be Uniform through out the several States. They could not legally remove protection of the military from them as that is a condition the Federal Government must maintain for all States. They could not deny them any protections of the Constitution to include legal or any other program that exists as that violates the Federal Governments duty to ensure all the States are treated equally and have the same protections as all other States.
Removing a State by a Vote might be Constitutional, ignoring it is NOT.