Non-sequitur? Perhaps the meaning of that phrase eludes you? You wrote: "The Constitution largely avoids moral concerns --- or, more precisely, values and sub

Non-sequitur? Perhaps the meaning of that phrase eludes you? You wrote: "The Constitution largely avoids moral concerns --- or, more precisely, values and substantive rights." I replied that slavery is essentially a moral question and is at the very heart of the Constitution. It would not have been ratified without it. You ignored this statement entirely in your vacuous reply. Did that help you to see how it follows?