The one really nuclear step the federal government could have taken - had it been securely controlled by opponents of slavery - would be to ban the interstate slave trade. Would have strangled slavery in Virginia & Maryland quickly.https://twitter.com/RBrookhiser/status/1424539923802214409 …
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Replying to @poormosus @baseballcrank
Right to regulate interstate commerce.
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Replying to @Ruffin_Shot @poormosus
Taney would have objected, but of course, Taney was wrong.
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