To: Non-Sequitur
But even Justice Wilson agreed that there were limits on a states sovereignty.Salmon P. Chase disagreed, asserting in 1854 'we have rights which the federal government must not invade - rights superior to its power, on which our sovereignty depends; and we do mean to assert these rights against all tyrannical assumptions of authority.'
1,183 posted on
05/30/2007 12:13:40 PM PDT by
4CJ
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To: 4CJ
Salmon P. Chase disagreed, asserting in 1854 'we have rights which the federal government must not invadeIronically, what Chase was referring to was the right of states to hobble federal fugitive slave laws via habeas corpus, and specifically the case of a runaway slave named Anderson. Oh, and the speech was from Chase's reelection campaign of 1857, not 1854.
To: 4CJ
Salmon P. Chase disagreed, asserting in 1854 'we have rights which the federal government must not invade - rights superior to its power, on which our sovereignty depends; and we do mean to assert these rights against all tyrannical assumptions of authority.' I don't think that any one is saying that states did not have rights. But I also don't think Salmon Chase is saying that there are no limits on a state's sovereignty. It's hard to say with the partial quote you've provided.
1,197 posted on
05/30/2007 2:17:02 PM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
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