Dred Scott decision 1857

This was the Supreme Court decision that plunged the nation into Civil War.  The effects

...of the decision in history were the rise of the Republican Party over the Whig Party,the subject of the Lincoln–Douglas debates, the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, and the American Civil War.

I think that the current mood of this country is not unlike what was happening during the antebellum years, such as the example above.  The latest decision of the Supreme Court is yet another example of the problem.   The decision was along ideological lines- liberals voting against Arizona, while the conservation faction voting with Arizona.

The key quote of the dissenters is this, in my opinion:

In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted E-Verify is a voluntary program, and said criticism that the federal government is not doing enough to enforce the law is irrelevant.

That's how the Civil War got started.  One side of the controversy said that the law was irrelevant.  This leads one to the conclusion that minority rights are not going to be respected by the majority in power.  Once the Republican Abraham Lincoln won the Presidency, the South seceeded from the union.

Enforce the laws or nullify them.  Don't say that they are irrelevant.   What's the point of having laws if they are irrelevant?  Does it come down to who has the majority at any one time?  In this instance, the case seems to be yes.  In that case, history could repeat itself.  We could have the beginnings of a Civil War on our hands.