To: Badeye
As long as Dred held sway it was onvious that one couldn’t take another’s property (the slave) legally; of course the Court has no police or prosecutors.
71 posted on
02/13/2009 11:10:32 AM PST by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: Old Professer
Fair point. Although by the time we get to 1862, the Dredd Scott case had been rendered moot by real world events.
73 posted on
02/13/2009 11:15:18 AM PST by
Badeye
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