• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Like when people say it was over “states rights” but ignore the Feds sided with state’s rights, and the South was the one arguing for a stronger federal government.

    States rights to force other states to follow their laws…

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        4 months ago

        I literally already said this in the parent comment:

        What started it was the south thought the feds should be able to enforce southern law (escaped slaves are still slaves, and northern states had to return them) and the Feds said they couldn’t force one state to follow another state’s laws.

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          4 months ago

          So, their right to own slaves.

          You didn’t do too well on the SAT/ACT reading sections, huh…