If I Had Been President of the Confederacy. . . .

[Zincwarrior]

I'll take William Rawle, George Tucker, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison over the five justices in the 5-3 Texas v. White decision any day.

I am sure. I will take a train full of gold bars too. Both are equally irrelevant both to your argument and the entire thread.

 

[Quantrill]

I am sure. I will take a train full of gold bars too. Both are equally irrelevant both to your argument and the entire thread.

No. The Texas vs. White decision was not a decision over the legality of secession. I have asked here before, to show me where and how secession was argued before the Supreme Court. And the decision of the Supreme Court concerning secession.

You need two sides to argue. You need a verdict, a ruling from the judges declaring the legality or illegality of secession.

Quantrill

 

[Unkotare]

The case of Texas vs. White that Unkatore cited

Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1868)

Texas v. White: States do not have the right to unilaterally secede from the United States, so the Confederate states during the Civil War always remained part of the nation.

supreme.justia.com

I have now linked the actual opinion.

^^^

 

[RetiredGySgt]

No. The Texas vs. White decision was not a decision over the legality of secession. I have asked here before, to show me where and how secession was argued before the Supreme Court. And the decision of the Supreme Court concerning secession.

You need two sides to argue. You need a verdict, a ruling from the judges declaring the legality or illegality of secession.

Quantrill

read the damn decision it CLEARLY spells out that a state may not leave the Union without the consent of the other states,

 

[Zincwarrior]

read the damn decision it CLEARLY spells out that a state may not leave the Union without the consent of the other states,

And again, Quantrill's arguments have nothing to do with the thread.