Lincoln didn’t pursue a legal case after the south started shooting. The Confederates never had much of a legal system, Jeff Davis never got around to appointing anyone to the pretended Confederate Supreme Court.
The southern insurrectionists didn’t pursue a legal case until after they lost the war. Then their legal case, (Texas v. White) was lost too.
Of course he didn't. He had his war and that was his goal. I think it's interesting the way you pretend conservative, neo-yank, False Cause Losers gloat over the power of the central government. Like lincoln, FDR, Clinton, Obama, you abhor states sovereignty and states rights.
Then their legal case, (Texas v. White) was lost too.
A pretend court case with a pretend decision.
Chase's comments on secession was what is known as dicta: "A comment by a judge in a decision or ruling which is not required to reach the decision, but may state a related legal principle as the judge understands it. While it may be cited in legal argument, it does not have the full force of a precedent."--from Law.com
There was no argument, debate or rebuttal about the issue of secession in Texas v White. It cannot be said that the issue of secession was 'decided' when a very partisan judge, who should have recused himself considering his involvement in lincoln's illegal war, took the occasion of this court case to insert his opinion on a question that was not argued before the court.
Texas v White: the holy grail of the neo-yank False Cause Losers and a travesty of a court case.