[rustbucket]

Yet had the confederate government had any interest in all in protecting individual rights then they would have had plenty of time to do so. After all, they had time to start a war, establish an army, institute a tariff, create a cabinet, all in the first three months. But not establish a judiciary.

We refuted you on the 'no judiciary' charge not long ago.

CSA judiciary appointments
CSA District Court ruling upholding civilian rights
thatdewd's list of CSA District Court records
Non-Sequitur's concession to thatdewd
Non-Sequitur's concession to rustbucket

[lentulusgracchus]

We refuted you on the 'no judiciary' charge not long ago.

What, is our friend not playing fair again?

We'll have to mark him down a bit again in "Plays Well with Others".

[Non-Sequitur]

I've done some further reading on the subject, and your posts overlook or ignore a few items. Primarily the fact that the one court required by the confederate constitution, the one branch of government that could have acted as a check on Davis, wasn't established at all. Nor did the district courts meet on a regular basis. And when habeas corpus was suspended by the confederate congress, the process for identifying and jailing the violators was left in the hands of appointed commissioners not subject to judicial review. So your judiciary was a paper tiger, a judiciary in name only with no power to rein in the excesses of the Davis regime.

[thatdewd]

Super Ultra Mega BUMP!!!