The Supreme Court, of the federal United states, hands down the Prize Cases, declaring as lawful Commander-in-Chief Lincoln’s naval blockade of the Confederacy (a voluntary union).
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Prize Cases, 2 Black (67 U.S.) 635 (1863).
Gerald Gunther, Constitutional Law, twelfth edition, (Westbury, New York: Foundation Press, 1991), 365.
Prize Cases – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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