I was really surprised to learn that the Articles of Confederation explicitly described its product as a "perpetual union." It sounds as if the writers of the AC meant to exclude the possibility of any individual state ever leaving the union once they entered.
Ironically enough, that sounds extremely UN-libertarian.
I was really surprised to learn that the Articles of Confederation explicitly described its product as a "perpetual union." It sounds as if the writers of the AC meant to exclude the possibility of any individual state ever leaving the union once they entered.
Ironically enough, that sounds extremely UN-libertarian.