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To: ketsu

There’s nothing about slavery in Article 2 of the Constitution. I suggest you read the U.S. Constitution some time.


271 posted on 08/27/2009 1:47:35 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: Plummz
There’s nothing about slavery in Article 2 of the Constitution. I suggest you read the U.S. Constitution some time.

The Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sanford, said that people with any amount of African blood, even if born in the U.S., were not citizens at all. This was supposedly based on the original intent of the Constitution. The 14th Amendment was passed to change the result of that case.

274 posted on 08/27/2009 2:04:26 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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