Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase and the Permanency of the Union.

The article discusses the actions of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase in the prosecution of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and in the case Texas v. White. Topics discussed include Chase's rejection of the doctrine of state secession from the Union in 1869 thus establishing the permanency of the Union, the prosecution of Davis for treason in Virginia and Chase's challenges in reconciling the law and the Civil War.