[rustbucket]

I never claimed the confederacy didn't have a circuit court. I have pointed out, correctly, that they did not have a supreme court. And I have also pointed out, also correctly, that a supreme court was required by their constitution. A circuit court was not.

Here is what I was referring to:

To: rustbucket

Were the Confederate district courts different?

There were no confederate district federal courts, at least no records exist of any decision being handed down by one. There was no confederate supreme court, no confederate judiciary at all other than individual state courts.. I'm not aware of any confederate version of the U.S. Marshal. Absent a federal court system what purpose would they have served?

257 posted on 07/31/2003 8:32 PM CDT by Non-Sequitur
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Your post occurred shortly after I had posted a long list of appointments to the Confederate District Courts I found on the web. Then I posted the following and thatdewd followed with a list of Confederate District Court records he found on the web.

To: Non-Sequitur

There were no confederate district federal courts, at least no records exist of any decision being handed down by one. There was no confederate supreme court, no confederate judiciary at all other than individual state courts.

Then how do you explain the following from the November 24, 1864, Daily Picayune?

Our readers have seen the announcement of the sentence of A. W. McKee by a court-marshal in Louisiana, to be shot, and of the decision by Judge Moise, of the Confederate States District Court in Louisiana, that the court marshal had no jurisdiction over McKee [a civilian], and releasing him from their bonds, to answer any civil offense for which he might be prosecuted.

You seem fond of making claims that others would have a hard time disproving. In this case, however, Gotcha!

This supposedly nonexistent 1864 Confederate States District Court seems to have anticipated the 1866 US Supreme Court ruling in ex parte Milligan. Pity the Yankees didn't have courts willing to stand up in wartime for their citizens' rights (Taney's ex parte Merryman ruling excepted).

261 posted on 07/31/2003 9:34 PM CDT by rustbucket
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You graciously acknowledged your error.

To: rustbucket

You seem fond of making claims that others would have a hard time disproving. In this case, however, Gotcha!

That's because in most cases my information is well supported. But in this case I made a quick post based on a single website and I got nailed for my carelessness. You certainly did 'gotchme'.

294 posted on 08/01/2003 5:28 AM CDT by Non-Sequitur
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I'll continue this series of posts again tomorrow. Good night.

[Non-Sequitur]

Wow. I don't know whether to be impressed, amused, flattered, or amazed. Do you save everything I post? I've never claimed to be 100% accurate in everything I post, though I need to be careful in case I did make that claim 7 years ago. I've made mistakes on a number of occasions, but I will point out that when corrected I don't keep claiming that they were, in fact, true. My claim about Botts was corrected, and I acknowledge it. My information about Brownlow was quoted accurately from the book, and as you pointed out the book was incorrect. I admitted my mistake, as you detailed, concerning the circuit courts. But I still don't see where I claimed the river was closed for months prior to the rebellion. Just because Petus removed the militia above Vicksburg doesn't mean commerce flowed to or from the Northern states. You mention traffic passing without knowing where it originated or where it was destined.

I can hardly wait for Sherman and Chambersburg.