[aristeides]

Are you saying that for some reason Texas v. White should not be applied to the issue of this thread, or that it does not say what I think it does?

[WhiskeyPapa]

Are you saying that for some reason Texas v. White should not be applied to the issue of this thread, or that it does not say what I think it does?

I think you are exactly right.

The issues brought up in Texas v. White are why the so-called seceded states never dared take their position before the courts in 1860-61.

Walt