No. YOU are arguing as to whether it was “legitimate”.
I was and AM arguing what the law actually WAS.
And in the end, the “legitimacy” of a law is simply a matter of whether the government can/will enforce it.
>> No. YOU are arguing as to whether it was “legitimate”.
Then, for three consecutive days, you’ve apparently missed the words “illegitimate and illegal” from each of my arguments.
>> I was and AM arguing what the law actually WAS.
Ah — then you’re right. The illegitimate, illegally-written law was that black people were slaves. Duh.
>> And in the end, the “legitimacy” of a law is simply a matter of whether the government can/will enforce it.
Ridiculous. Legitimacy is derived from the consent of the governed, not the power of the despot implementing the law.
The U.S. had the will and power to enforce slavery laws ... that doesn’t make the laws legitimate, any more than the non-consensual taxation of the colonies would’ve been truly legimate had we lost the Revolutionary War.
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