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To: Tell It Right
But at the same time, since the post I replied to was about the civil war, don't overlook the Dims a century and a half ago forcing a one-size-fits-all of slavery onto non-slavery states.

How did they do that?

71 posted on 12/28/2023 11:57:18 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

Read the post you’re replying to for the answer to your question. The 1857 Dred Scott decision by the Dim majority SCOTUS took the argument away from the state level to the federal level.


77 posted on 12/28/2023 12:09:19 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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