[Aurelius]

This is pointless. You keep harping on the Militia Act and the Prize Cases decision although you have been shown again and again why they do not apply in the case of secession. The matter has been settled.

[WhiskeyPapa]

This is pointless. You keep harping on the Militia Act and the Prize Cases decision although you have been shown again and again why they do not apply in the case of secession. The matter has been settled.

President Lincoln cites the Militia Act in his proclamation of 4/15/61.

The Supreme Court refers to the Militia Act in the Prize Cases.

The matter has been settled and it involved the collapse of the insurgency and the death of the rebellion.

Walt