[4CJ]

Like I said -- that's the sort of thing that CJ Chase cared about. That's why he was on the Court, IMHO -- and not just "on the Court", but Chief Justice, the position that steers the opinions and the docket, as a political cadre and back-catcher on the bench.

As a MEMBER of the administation that waged war on the Confederate States, Chase should have been the LAST person to rule on the legality of his own administrations actions.

[lentulusgracchus]

Chase should have been the LAST person to rule on the legality of his own administrations actions.

Exactly. And exactly why Lincoln put him up.

Like naming Martin Bormann to the Nuremberg bench.