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To: lentulusgracchus
The President's actions, as well as those of Congress, are subject to scrutiny by the Supreme Court. The same could not be said of the confederacy.
214 posted on 09/10/2003 3:56:15 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
The same could not be said of the confederacy.

The fact that the United States was the only government in the world with judicial review since Carthage makes your statement a tautology.

You're like a kid who keeps calling over and over, "look at my new bicycle. You don't have a new bicycle, do you?" The fact is overshadowed by its general irrelevance and the annoying maladjustment of its proponent.

The fact that the Confederate government spent practically every month of its existence in extremis, and that the liberty and property of the people it attempted to protect suffered while the country was being invaded and dismembered by a hostile army numbering in the millions is a fact that you repeatedly overlook in order to taunt Southerners for having lost the war. It's akin to pulling the wings off flies: easy work no doubt, but it reflects no credit of accomplishment on you to have pointed it out.

232 posted on 09/11/2003 5:51:40 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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