GDG- Did the Civil War really start 150 years ago today?

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Bob:

I attended an excellent seminar on the Dred Scott Case at Dickinson College on Sat.  Some of the ideas discussed was that the Scott decision was probably a good thing (also supported by a quote from Frederick Douglass) because it hasten the abolishment of slavery.  

Also, a lot of credit was given to Scott's wife Harriet who had also filed for her freedom.  She is often forgotten.  The point was made that she was mostly likely the driving force behind the suit.

Paula

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From: "Robert Lawrence" <lawrence at rwlcpa.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> " 1857-Chief Justice Taney's ruling in Dred Scott marks the Supreme Court's 
> first use of the modern liberal judicial activist's favorite 
> tool-"substantive due process"-to invalidate a statute. In striking down 
> the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited slavery in the northern 
> portion of the Louisiana Territories, Taney nakedly asserts: "[A]n act of 
> Congress which deprives a citizen of the United States of his liberty and 
> property, merely because he came himself or brought his property into a 
> particular Territory of the United States, and who had committed no offense 
> against the laws, could hardly be dignified with the name of due process of 
> law." " 
> 
> Please ignore the swipes at the current judiciary. It is my feeling that 
> after Dredd Scott was was inevititable 
> 
> Robert W Lawrence CPA 
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> 1Peter 5:7 
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