[azhenfud]

"But the Supreme Court did declare secession as practiced by the southern states unconstitutional in 1869?"

The self-righteous Supreme Court also ruled women have a right to "terminate unwanted fetuses", meaning nothing less than murder of the unborn. There ARE wrong rulings handed down from the SC and like they say, "possession is 90 percent ownership", so it is in determining the legality of a particular action where no precedence has been set. All rulings by our courts, absent of precedence, are indicative of the justices' attitudes (ie. their personal beliefs) on an issue and help determine and shape how they interpret the WRITTEN LAW. Do you believe they (the SC injustices) would have ruled the same had the outcome of the WoNA been a little different and the North were defeated?

I believe not....

[Non-Sequitur]

I would point out that it was the author of the POS that linked the conviction of Davis with declaring secession illegal. His statement is wrong, the Supreme Court did declare secession illegal. And the fact that you disagree with their decision is meaningless. The Supreme Court decision is valid and secession is illegal.