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The Constition wouldn't have been ratified, nor would it have had the high reputation that it has had, if it made slavery universal throughout the country.

That's the reason why the Dred Scot decision was so heinous, it effectively meant that not only could southerners take their human chattel anywhere they pleased with total impunity but that northerners had to constitutionally be complicit in the disposition of those slaves. It robbed northern states of self-determinism - the very thing that DegenerateLamp whines endlessly about.

No wonder he is so enthralled by it.

115 posted on 08/30/2017 3:53:43 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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It robbed northern states of self-determinism - the very thing that DegenerateLamp whines endlessly about.

If they hadn't given up that particular right in Article IV, section 2, then they could have invoked "states rights" to ban slavery within their boundaries.

It isn't a violation of your rights when you give your consent.

127 posted on 08/31/2017 2:42:02 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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