Put this and that together, and we have another nice little niche, which we may, ere long, see filled with another Supreme Court decision, declaring that the Constitution of the United States does not permit a State to exclude slavery from its limits.
Speaking at his nomination, Lincoln warns of a potential future Supreme Court decision that would make slavery lawful in all states.
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