[Mr. K]

"The Confiscation acts were law."

Huh???

So you can overturn The Constitution by writing a law that says you don't have to follow The Constitution...???

[DoodleDawg]

So you can overturn The Constitution by writing a law that says you don't have to follow The Constitution...???

The constitutionality of the Confiscation Acts was upheld by the Supreme Court in their 1862 Prize Cases decision.