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To: DiogenesLamp
How do you stop slave owners from going into the territories or free states with their slaves?

In 1857, the SCOTUS ruled, "You don't." A ruling that lead directly to the election of Lincoln and the Civil War.

22 posted on 07/01/2016 7:29:53 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
In 1857, the SCOTUS ruled, "You don't." A ruling that lead directly to the election of Lincoln and the Civil War.

Wouldn't a constitutional amendment have been easier?

23 posted on 07/01/2016 7:32:51 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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