[4CJ]

Since you're so up on abiding by Supreme Court opinions, then ALL uncompensated confiscation of Southern property was illegal, because that was what SCOTUS had decided before the war.

[Non-Sequitur]

Since you're so up on abiding by Supreme Court opinions, then ALL uncompensated confiscation of Southern property was illegal, because that was what SCOTUS had decided before the war.

Confiscating property used to support an illegal rebellion is a different matter entirely, as the Supreme Court found in a post war decision. So of course I support the Administration's decision in this area.