Erasing history

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I'm afraid that our system of government has forgotten about the phrase in the Constitution that does leave some matters to the state governments to determine. When the majority in any given state votes for something nowadays, someone figures out a way to sue them in federal court. I will now stand by for attack.

BTW, Kate, I believe that Lee's wife may have been the slaveholder in the family, having inherited from the Custis family. Martha Washington married into the Custises, and Mrs. Lee descended through that line (as did Mrs. Dr. Richard Stuart). I believe that Mrs. Washington owned a number of slaves in her own right.