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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
(Via El Pocho Abogado)
And this could be my dad.
Son, We Need to Talk About This Supreme Court Obsession of YoursMy SCOTUS obsession didn't erupt fully until college, so my parents never could try to limit it, but they did ground me from reading fiction for a semester when I was in 7th grade.
Son, could you come in here for a second? Well, I'm sorry, but that newspaper's just going to have to wait, because we really need to talk. Son, your mother and I have been worried about you. Your grades have been slipping, you've been spending less time with your friends, and you've been shutting yourself in your room for hours at a time. Now, I know it may make you feel uncomfortable to talk about it, but this Supreme Court obsession of yours has become a problem.
Still, guess I'd better get back to contracts.