It was about a fight between her family and her husband, with every one and their brother taking sides. The politicians got involved for political gain, not for her. I hope this dosen’t become the focus of FR again, I would hate to stop coming to FR for months again.
And in that same vein of reasoning, Dred Scott was a fight by a property owner to get his (non-human) property back, where he was opposed by many politicians for political gain.