AAML NJ Seminar: Lincoln's Ethical Quandary: Order #11 and The Burning of Western Missouri

Join us on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 5:00 PM ET for a Zoom video seminar on Lincoln's Ethical Quandary: Order #11 and The Burning of Western Missouri. CLE Credits Pending.. 

After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, there had been violent and deadly border clashes between the Missouri Border Ruffians and the Kansas Jayhawkers. This lecture will explore the legality, ethics, and morality of Order No. 11, which banished 20,000 residents from four western Missouri counties.

We will examine:

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• Vermont’s Habeas Corpus Law of 1850
• Supreme Court cases: Abelman v. Booth, Prigg v. Pennsylvania
• U.S. Circuit Court of D.C. case: United States ex. rel. Murphy v. Porter

Presentation by: 

• Hon. David J. Issenman (ret.) - Skoloff & Wolfe, PC
• Richard F. Iglar, Esq. - Skoloff & Wolfe, PC | AAML NJ President 

If you have any questions, please reach out to contact@aamlnj.org or call 201.445.700

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