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* at which point the Constitution would be operative for those nine states}}''' | * at which point the Constitution would be operative for those nine states}}''' | ||
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. | The Ratification of the '''{{#tip-text:Conventions of nine States|Conventions of nine States | ||
* the Constitution would be ratified by "conventions" specifically called for its consideration | |||
* thereby meaning that its ratification would be outside of the existing State governments and their legislatures, as well as of the national government under Articles of Confederation | |||
* the number of nine states meant that, of the thirteen states, it would take five to keep the Constitution from ratification | |||
* whereas under the Articles one state alone could stop a change in the Articles }}''', shall be sufficient for the '''{{#tip-text:Establishment of this Constitution|Establishment of this Constitution | |||
* by "Establishment" here the Constitution means to put into existence, the creation of the Constitution as law | |||
* but that does not mean the new government would be immediately operable | |||
* in ''Owings v. Speed'' (1820) the Court held that two governments could not exist at the same time, so the new government under the Constitution only came into effect after the dissolution of the old government under the Articles of Confederations, as measured by the departure of its representatives from its final Congress}}''' between the States '''{{#tip-text:so ratifying the Same|"so ratifying the Same" | |||
* means that the Constitution will be operable by those that ratify it, | |||
* thereby meaning that those states who do not ratify it will not be part of the government so established | |||
* this clause importantly forced all thirteen states into ratification since they did not want to be left out of the new government}}'''. | |||
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