southpaw: Do people know about Congress’s slavery gag rules in the 1830s and 1840s? About Laurens Pinckney and John Quincy Adams?

“Merely mentioning that Mr. Trump is a felon prompts an admonishment from whomever is presiding when the offending fact is uttered.” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/u... 🎁

On the House Floor, Republicans Gag Mentions of Trump’s Convictionwww.nytimes.com During official proceedings of the G.O.P.-controlled chamber, speaking about former President Donald J. Trump’s felony conviction has been forbidden, while disparaging President Biden and Democrats is...

Do people know about Congress’s slavery gag rules in the 1830s and 1840s? About Laurens Pinckney and John Quincy Adams?

Adams’ intentional courting of censure & then use of the censure rules - requiring two weeks of debate - to get around the gag rule leaves me lost in admiration every time I think about it. That was some quality procedural work. And then he got the censure tabled! A hero!

John Qunicy Adams: Best Post-Presidential Career.

Jimmy Carter is really the only significant competition

I guess Taft would be in the conversation

He ended up with the job he actually wanted.

Jimmy Carter close behind him.

He did have the grace to die.

They ran all the way to the secession crisis in 1860. Also: Southern postmasters confiscated abolitionist publications and logged their senders and destinations.

No!

Same! Major wtf.

Obviously here in the south we only know history if there’s a statue (I’ve been assured this is the primary way in which knowledge is transferred). So no.

That's probably where they got their inspiration

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