[4CJ]

The Supreme Court had already established the legality of the Confiscation Acts which allowed the government to seize without compensation private property if it was used to further the cause of the rebellion.

PRIOR to the war the Supreme Court had ruled that uncompensated takings were unconstitutional. See the 5th Amendment.

[Non-Sequitur]

PRIOR to the war the Supreme Court had ruled that uncompensated takings were unconstitutional. See the 5th Amendment.

And the Supreme Court modified that decision when in Miller v United States they ruled that the government could deprive an enemy of their property without compensation if that property might be used against them.