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Traitor? Treason? [Robert E. Lee]
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| 5/10/10
| Richard Williams
Posted on 05/10/2010 3:17:06 PM PDT by Davy Buck
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To: mac_truck
Ouch! Now you've hurt my feelings!!!
(Shamble on back to your place of internment, drooler... ;>)
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posted on
05/12/2010 8:06:09 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: Non-Sequitur; lentulusgracchus
Chase alone couldn't rule that. That's why they have nine justices.Not quite; eight in this case. Remember the Republican controlled Congress fooling around with the number of Supreme Court Justices to control the outcome of the court? They prevented Johnson from naming two replacement justices (there being 10 justices authorized until Johnson tried to name a replacement).
Changes in the Court:
Exit: May 31, 1860 -- Peter V. Daniel (down to 8)
Lincoln inaugurated: Mar 4, 1861
Exit: Apr 4, 1861 -- John McLean (down to 7)
Exit: Apr 30, 1861 -- John A. Campbell (down to 6)
Join: Jan 27, 1862 -- Noah Swayne (up to 7)
Join: Jul 21, 1862 -- Samuel F. Miller (up to 8)
Join: Dec 10, 1862 -- David Davis (up to 9)
Change: Mar 3, 1863 -- Congress authorizes 10 justices (Lincoln gets to add one)
Join: May 20, 1863 -- Stephen J. Field (up to 10)
Exit: Oct 12, 1864 -- Roger B. Taney (down to 9)
Join: Dec 15, 1864 -- Salmon P. Chase (up to 10)
Johnson inaugurated: Apr 15, 1865
Exit: May 30, 1865 -- John Catron (down to 9)
Nominate: Apr 16, 1866 -- Johnson nominates Stanbery to fill Catron's seat
Change: Jul 23, 1866 -- Congress reduces authorized justices to 7 (Johnson prevented from naming Catron's and Wayne's replacements)
Exit: Jul 5, 1867 -- James M. Wayne (down to 8)
Grant inaugurated: Mar 4, 1869
Change: Apr 10, 1869 -- Congress authorizes 9 justices 1 month after Grant inaugurated
Exit: Jan 31, 1870 -- Robert C. Grier (down to 7)
Join: Mar 14, 1870 -- William Strong (up to 8)
Join: Mar 23, 1870 -- Joseph P. Bradley (up to 9)
To: Who is John Galt?
And those who don’t have two living brain cells to rub together post imbecilic emoticons like: ;>)
383
posted on
05/12/2010 8:13:26 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: rockrr
Thanks for proving my point...
384
posted on
05/12/2010 8:15:05 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: Who is John Galt?
Thanks for proving my point...
385
posted on
05/12/2010 8:18:14 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: rockrr
Any historical documentation in your post?Any logical thought?"You would have to climb 40 feet to reach root level"...
And you're just as entertaining as always...
;>)
386
posted on
05/12/2010 8:21:30 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
Comment #387 Removed by Moderator
To: rockrr
"Gramps?" "Senile?" Gosh - you've hurt my feelings! Maybe I should ping JimRob in response to your blatant, bigoted age-based hate speach! But that would imply some capability for semi-rational (say, kindergarten level) thought on your part - which you obviously lack...
;>)
388
posted on
05/12/2010 8:30:28 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
Comment #389 Removed by Moderator
To: rockrr
To: Non-Sequitur
take away slavery and leave every other cause you care to mention and the South doesn’t rebel. Leave slavery and remove every other cause and the South still rebels. Simple as that.
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You may have a point there. My question is what political point might become as powerful today.
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posted on
05/12/2010 10:24:54 PM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
To: Cheburashka
This ends my discourse with you. Wow, is a there a FR discourse ending form we need to fill out to make that official?
392
posted on
05/13/2010 3:57:39 AM PDT
by
central_va
( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
To: central_va
IMHO Its actually an admission of war crimes. We all know what your HO is worth.
To: Non-Sequitur
In your case the H would stand for “hubris”.....
394
posted on
05/13/2010 4:04:26 AM PDT
by
central_va
( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
To: central_va
In your case it might as well stand for hilarious.
To: Non-Sequitur
396
posted on
05/13/2010 4:12:40 AM PDT
by
central_va
( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
To: Idabilly
Vladimir Putin is awaiting your justifications.... Vladimir Putin isn't constrained by the Constitution you boob.
To: Non-Sequitur
Didn't stop Lincoln... BTW, what fraternity did you belong ?
398
posted on
05/13/2010 4:29:07 AM PDT
by
Idabilly
(I'm tired of being Johnny B Good and I'm Gonna be Johnny Reb)
To: Idabilly
Didn't stop Lincoln... Sure it did. It was Davis who ignored his constitution at a whim.
BTW, what fraternity did you belong ?
Ask mojitojoe. He knows more about me than I do.
To: Non-Sequitur
Don't count me in the group that faults the "Goon" for what he did to his people and the US Constitution. I am not interested at what he did the the US people 1861-1865, really doesn't interest me the internal politics of a foreign country. It is like asking me when judging the crime of rape, do I care how tightly the rapist binds his victims wrists.
Since being forced back into the Federal Empire I am affected by what Saint Abe started, seems the progressives will finish his "work".
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posted on
05/13/2010 5:51:09 AM PDT
by
central_va
( http://www.15thvirginia.org)
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