[Non-Sequitur]

Which is what I've been saying all along. Chief Justice Chase believed that ratification of the 14th Amendment made any trial and conviction of Davis unconstitutional on 5th Amendment grounds. Was I not clear?

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Which is what I've been saying all along. Chief Justice Chase believed that ratification of the 14th Amendment made any trial and conviction of Davis unconstitutional on 5th Amendment grounds. Was I not clear?

WHAT YOU SAID WAS:

The comments you quoted are the result of speculation on what might have happened had Davis been tried before the 14th Amendment had passed.

You cast my comments as applying to what might have happened had Davis been tried before the 14th Amendment had passed.

My comments clearly applied to what did happen after the 14th Amendment had passed.

My comment was about concern regarding the right of Davis to appeal to the Supreme Court. In real life, the Executive could not get the case heard in the Virginia circuit until Chase was good and ready. After the 14th Amendment was passed, Chase was good and ready.