[jeffersondem]

“So if you rob a bank and the police arrest you and take your gun without compensating you then that's a violation of the 5th Amendment?”

Bad analogy at all levels.

For one thing, people who are accused of bank robbery and then never charged with any wrong-doing, should always have their personal property returned, or at least fairly compensated.

[DoodleDawg]

For one thing, people who are accused of bank robbery and then never charged with any wrong-doing, should always have their personal property returned, or at least fairly compensated.

Rebellion is no more legal than bank robbery is. Criminal charges may not have been applicable but there is no doubt what the South did and that they paid a penalty for their actions.