Posted on 08/02/2019 2:49:48 PM PDT by Perseverando
In 1857, the Supreme Court, with 7 of the 9 Justices being Democrat, decided that Dred Scott was not a citizen, but property.
Chief Justice Roger Taney was appointed by the first Democrat President, Andrew Jackson.
Taney wrote in his Dred Scott decision that slaves were "so far inferior ... that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for their own benefit."
Abraham Lincoln did not believe in "stare decisis" - that he had to honor the precedent of the Dred Scott decision, stating June 28, 1857:
"We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it, has often over-ruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it to over-rule this ..."
Lincoln added:
"Why this same Supreme Court once decided a national bank to be constitutional; but General Jackson, as President of the United States, disregarded the decision ... (stating in) his veto message:
'It is maintained by the advocates of the bank, that its constitutionality ... ought to be considered as settled by precedent, and by the decision of the Supreme Court ... To this conclusion I cannot assent. Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power.'"
Lincoln, the first Republican President, referenced the Dred Scott decision in his Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861:
"If the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made ... the people will have ceased to be their own rulers."
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863, but Congress considered it an overreach of Presidential power.
Lincoln then supported the Republican Congress passing the 13TH AMENDMENT,
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Outstanding U.S. history lesson from American Minute.
Democrats and Republicans flip on many issues. But one constant remains.
Democrats tend to have the religion of Cain, the first murderet. Democrats believe that they are their Brother’s Keeper. To them, the only question is whether they keep their Brothers in a kind or mean way.
Republicans tend to have the religion of God; that they are their Brother’s Brother.
President Lincoln was an amazing man.
Lincoln, the first Republican President, referenced the Dred Scott decision in his Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861:
“If the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made ... the people will have ceased to be their own rulers.”
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863, but Congress considered it an overreach of Presidential power.
Lincoln then supported the Republican Congress passing the 13TH AMENDMENT,
(Excerpt) Read more at myemail.constantcontact.com ..
Just WOW! Excellent article. President Trump should begin his next rally by throwing out his speech and then give this, the history lesson all Americans need to hear.
Just WOW! Excellent article. President Trump should begin his next rally by throwing out his speech and then give this, the history lesson all Americans need to hear.
“that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for their own benefit”
Blacks today who seek “reparations” and unlimited public assistance/free sh!t for life seem to agree with this assessment.
We think we have problems with our iteration of SCOTUS.....Taney was a train wreck!
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