Justice Grier's opinion in The Prize Cases cites the Militia Act. This act requires that United States law operate in all the states. If you don't think that speaks to the unconstitutionality of secession, you're worse off than I thought.
You spend a lot of time, I suppose, on your posts. Goodness knows why, because there is nothing to them.
Walt
And what were you just telling us about 'Chief Justice Taney's opinion in Dredd Scott?' Was it that “[the Supreme Court Justices] have the final say as to what is law in this country?” Was it that "five is greater than four," referring to your self-proclamed faith in the supposedly inerrant constitutionality of the court's majority opinions? Hmm? Or was it that "Dredd Scott...is one of the worst decisions in the history of the Court. It was an attempt at social engineering...[which] said that blacks had no rights white men were bound to honor -- even though -- blacks could vote in five states?"
The contradictions in your arguments are -- literally -- laughable!
(LOL!!! ;>)
You spend a lot of time, I suppose, on your posts. Goodness knows why, because there is nothing to them.
Allow me to correct you: 'there is nothing in my posts' of interest to you. You have no interest in the specific words of the Constitution, no interest in the process by which it was ratified, no interest in the ratification documents of the States, no interest in the premier legal references of the early Republic, no interest in the official public statements of men like Jefferson and Madison, no interest in the official public documents of numerous State legislatures - and apparently no interest even in Supreme Court decisions with which you disagree. Simply put, you have no interest in anything that contradicts your myopic, pseudo-historical opinions.
But please keep it up, friend Walt - your hypocritical, internally-contradictory posts are quite comical!
;>)