On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:29:28 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:


"During his presidency Buchanan supported the attempt to establish Kansas as
a slave state. He also failed to take decisive action when South Carolina
left the Union. Buchanan argued that the Constitution granted the federal
government no power to "coerce a State into submission." He also recommended
that the Constitution should be amended to guarantee slavery where it
already existed."

calif bill will just shrugs his shoulders and say 'so?'