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Thread #80100 Message #1458374
Posted By: Greg F.
11-Apr-05 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: On the Destruction of Justice
Subject: RE: BS: On the Destruction of Justice
I believe you'll find that the Supreme Court decision in the Dredd Scott case & the Fugitive Slave Act/Compromise of 1850 were largely behind Lincoln's comments.
Sometimes context is more than simply important- sometimes it is everything.