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To: GOPcapitalist
I'll have to check the CSA debate registers. IIRC, the last time it came up was somewhere in mid to late 1864.

I'll wait. But the constitution was adopted in February 1861, Davis made his half-hearted call in February 1862 and it gets ignored by all involved until May of 1864?

659 posted on 11/20/2003 7:30:42 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur; GOPcapitalist
But the constitution was adopted in February 1861, Davis made his half-hearted call in February 1862 and it gets ignored by all involved until May of 1864?

Hello? Congress repeatedly considered it in 1862, 1863, and 1864. I found over 40 references to "Supreme Court" in the Journal of the Confederate Congress for this period. Most look something like the following:

Apr 10, 1862: A bill to organize the Supreme Court of the Confederate States; which was read the first and second times, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

Sept. 26, 1862: On motion by Mr. Hill, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (S. 19) to organize the Supreme Court of the Confederate States, It was determined in the affirmative, Yeas ... 10 Nays ... 8

Jan. 27, 1863: The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 3) to organize the Supreme Court of the Confederate States.

On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the bill by striking out "three," in the fourth line of the first section, and inserting "fours," It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Orr, to reconsider the last-mentioned vote, [etc., etc., debate continued]

May 26, 1864: Mr. Russell, from the same committee [Judiciary, House], to whom had been referred a bill (H. R. 35) "to organize the Supreme Court of the Confederate States," reported back the same with the recommendation that it do not pass.

674 posted on 11/20/2003 7:41:57 PM PST by rustbucket
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