Anyone interested in the topic of trying Jefferson Davis for Treason after the Civil War should probably start out by reading this article in the University of Akron Law Review:
THE USE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT BY
SALMON P. CHASE IN THE TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
C. Ellen Connally
http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawreview/v42/docs/connally.pdf
Tim
THE USE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT BY
SALMON P. CHASE IN THE TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
C. Ellen Connally
http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawreview/v42/docs/connally.pdf
Tim
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