>> Yet another attorney who redefines words the way he WANTS them to be defined - “illegal” under WHAT law? - in order to force reality to fit his own notions.
Under the law that broke us away from England.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
These words are the very basis of our Republic — that our rights emanate from the Creator (not from the government or even the Constitution). The word “inalienable” means precisely that. No government, and no Constitution, including our own, may legitimately or legally alienate these rights.
SnakeDoc
Good for you. You can quote the Declararion of Independence. So can I, when it is appropriate.
BUT - The Declaration was NEVER the law of this land (or any other land for that matter). The Constitution was/is the law of this land. By the way, for an attorney, you have a VERY loose definition of a law.
You made a factual error when you stated that slavery was unconsitutional. I pointed out that since slavery was originally written IN to the Consitution, it WAS, in fact, consitutional until the 13th Amendment was passed.
Those are FACTS; and, you are entitled to your own OPINIONS, as “they” say, but NOT your own facts. Slavery was ALWAYS immoral, but to our shame, it was NOT always illegal in this country.