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To: GOPcapitalist
As I noted previously it appears in (a) the fact that he PUBLICLY STATED his support for it and (b) that Congress took up a bill on it after that statement of support.

What you have noted is that Davis PUBLICLY STATED his support for it and then did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to put those empty words into actions. He let the matter die in the confederate senate, probably because he had a rebellion to run and a supreme court would have gotten in his way.

False.

True. None of them indicate any actions that Davis took to get congress to staff the court. Davis doesn't bemoan the fact in his books, in fact he doesn't mention it. Why should he comment on something of so little importance to him?

619 posted on 11/19/2003 3:56:12 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
What you have noted is that Davis PUBLICLY STATED his support for it and then did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to put those empty words into actions.

A bill came up in Congress, did it not? And it certainly wasn't Congress pushing for that bill. That leaves only Davis.

He let the matter die in the confederate senate

Really? Cause the record of debates I am familiar with indicates that they actively debated it and manuevered to hold it up as a block on his powers.

probably because he had a rebellion to run and a supreme court would have gotten in his way.

Evidence please?

True. None of them indicate any actions that Davis took to get congress to staff the court.

Sure they do. It's called the bill itself. Bills don't magically pop up out of thin air so it had to come from somewhere.

623 posted on 11/19/2003 6:25:01 AM PST by GOPcapitalist
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