[lentulusgracchus]

As for abuses on civil liberty, the South had it own share of problems in that area, starting with the worst one, having men in chains for no crime other then being the wrong race.

Tu quoque! Tu quoque! Squaaaack!

The Great Tuquoque Bird makes his overdue reappearance.

And what was that snark about "now that the fighting was over"? That your way of suggesting that the Supreme Court was just being a bunch of buttinskis? That they crawled out from under a rock? Would you rather leave matters in the hands of War Department hangmen?

Yeah, I can tell how moderate you are.

[fortheDeclaration]

And what was that snark about "now that the fighting was over"? That your way of suggesting that the Supreme Court was just being a bunch of buttinskis? That they crawled out from under a rock? Would you rather leave matters in the hands of War Department hangmen?

When was the decision handed down-in 1866!

And in the decision, it was stated that one could not always depend on having men like Washington and Lincoln as President, hence the need to make sure the nation was carefully guarded with the rule of law.

The ruling also said that there would be cases in which the military would have to take over, and the writ suspended due to extreme circumstances.