# Could the U.S. eject a state from the Union?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-u-s-eject-a-state-from-the-union/638118>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-u-s-eject-a-state-from-the-union/638118 "2012-10-18T12:40:07Z")\
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> [@silenus](#):
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> No. To do so would violate the 14th Amendment guarantee of “due process” and “equal protection.” You would be expelling U.S. citizens whose only “crime” was living in that state.
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> Although if we are taking nominations I’ve got a little list.

They’ll none of them be missed.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-u-s-eject-a-state-from-the-union/638118/42 "2012-10-22T15:52:45Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> No. To do so would violate the 14th Amendment guarantee of “due process” and “equal protection.” You would be expelling U.S. citizens whose only “crime” was living in that state.

Why would expelling a state affect the citizenship status of any people? US citizenship is based on being born in the US, not on being a resident of a state.

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