[tdhz77]

The law is a living breathing organic document. Anybody who says otherwise is living in 1776 with slaves.

[794CD01]

Bad example. Slavery was made illegal the proper way, by changing the letter of the law. See the 13th amendment.

[macspoofing]

Slavery was outlawed through a constitutional amendment because Lincoln (for good reason) was afraid that his Emancipation Proclamation wouldn't hold up after the war.