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To: DoodleDawg
Dred Scott was not overturned. It was rendered moot by the 14th Amendment.

Translation: it was overturned.

16 posted on 11/18/2016 12:05:10 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Translation: it was overturned.

No, it was made moot.

19 posted on 11/18/2016 12:33:40 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Gay State Conservative

Plessey v. Ferguson was overturned, by Brown v. Board of Ed. Dred Scott was overruled and rendered moot by a Constitutional amendment. See the difference?


20 posted on 11/18/2016 12:35:38 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Gay State Conservative
Translation: it was overturned.

No, that's not what it means.

Geez, don't be so thin skinned.

30 posted on 11/18/2016 3:27:54 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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