Then I must be mistaking you for someone else. Jefferson's words were adopted by Massachusetts in their 1776 constitution, and formed the basis for a court challenge to the institution of slavery based on a deliberate misreading of the intent of the drafters and voters. It was liberal courts reading a meaning into verbiage which was not intended to mean what they claim, much like 14th amendment "privacy" creates a right to abortion.
Just the usual diatribe’s against activist Massachusetts judges, taking the law into their own hands, making law from the bench based on their own personnel desires.
Well this is correct. A non activist judge would have rejected attempts to present this little snippet as the intent of the voters to abolish slavery.
If that had been their intent, it should have been stated clearly and without ambiguity, because it had the potential to affect so many people. Sneaking it in through deliberately misinterpreted words is a typical trick of activist judges.
Just the usual diatribe’s against activist Massachusetts judges, taking the law into their own hands, making law from the bench based on their own personnel desires.
Well I've said on numerous occasions that Thomas Jefferson's five words did more to abolish slavery than any actions by other person of that era. It was the inspiration that caused them to act to make those words a reality.
I don't agree with their methods of lying about the intent, but I agree with the outcome.
Fair enough.
Thomas Jefferson’s five words were just that: five words.
Lincoln made them stick.