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"In an unusual twist, Chase made known to Davis' attorneys, a distinguished group of northern and southern litigators, his opinion that the third section of the 14th Amendment nullified the indictment against Davis. His contention was that by stripping the right to vote from high Confederate officials, a punishment for treasonable activities had been legislated, so Davis could not be punished again for the same crime."

I think the this is what I had said, and what you quoted in the first paragraph of your post> Am I wrong?

Judge David Davis: "Mr. Lincoln was advised, and I also so advised him, that the various military trials in the Northern and Border States, where the courts were free and untrammelled, were unconstitutional and wrong; that they would not and ought not to be sustained by the Supreme Court; that such proceedings were dangerous to liberty."

I think I also indicated in a previous post that military courts operated in the south until the ex-rebel states' courts could be "reconstructed." Thank you for the documentation.

[nolu chan]

I think the this is what I had said, and what you quoted in the first paragraph of your post> Am I wrong?

You are correct. I was only adding documentation to support the point.