tansy's

Updated: May 2, 2025

J.C. Bancroft Davis compiled a table of the acts of Congress which up to that time had been held to be unconstitutional. Davis has, however, omitted from his list the Dred Scott Case, probably for the technical reason that, in 1857, when the cause was decided, the Missouri Compromise had been repealed. Nevertheless, though this is true, Tansy's decision hinged upon the invalidity of the law.

Brooks Adams - The Theory of Social Revolutions