Watch it chase...you may bring the wrath of those that are offended of making fun of their culture.

I've never said and I don't think anyone else ever said that Chief Justice Chase ruled secession legal. His opinion was that secession was not rebellion and implied that is was not punishable. His ruling in 1869 was made to set any effects of the 1860/61 secessions in reverse not punish anyone for their actions. I have yet to see a specific law that was broken or anyone that was punished for breaking such law.

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David Upton