To: Non-Sequitur
How would trying and convicting Davis validate secession? A treason conviction would justify the administration's actions, not invalidate them.Chase believed that the government could NOT convict Davis of treason - secession was not illegal.
849 posted on
05/05/2003 4:56:13 AM PDT by
4CJ
('No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid.' - Alexander Hamilton)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
Chase believed that the government could NOT convict Davis of treason - secession was not illegal. If that is true then why did Chief Justice Chase vote that unilateral secession as practiced by the southern states was unconstitutional in Texas v. White in 1869? Did he change his mind?
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