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Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 (1869), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the U.S. in 1869. [1] The case's notable political dispute involved a claim by the Reconstruction era government of Texas that U.S. bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the American Civil War.
Georgia v. Stanton: 73 U.S. 50 (1868) power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the Court's jurisdiction United States v. Kirby: 74 U.S. 482 (1868) construction of criminal statutes: Ex parte McCardle: 74 U.S. 506 (1868) congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction: Texas v. White
The U.S. Constitution does not specifically address the secession of states, and the issue was a topic of debate after the American Revolutionary War until the Civil War, when the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that states strictly cannot unilaterally secede except through revolution or the expressed consent of the other states. [3]
The Supreme Court's 1869 decision in Texas v. White put paid to the idea there was some reversible voluntary component to membership in this union of states. That case involved a suit over bonds ...
After the Civil War, in Texas v. White (1869), a case discussing the legal status of the southern states that had attempted to secede, the Supreme Court stated that the union was not merely a compact among states but was "something more than a compact." [6]
A Supreme Court ruling after the Civil War affirmed the U.S. is “an indestructible union” and states do not have the right to unilaterally secede.
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Both the El Paso Walmart and Allen Premium Outlet gunmen posted racist and white supremacist manifestos online before the shootings. White supremacy a common thread between two mass shooters with ...