I believe the leading causes of the American Civil war were the fight over the moral issue of slavery and political differences between the Southern and Northern American states. The differences in the American Civil War were, however, solved through amending laws that would create peace between the states (OpenStax, 2019). The three major laws that led to the American Civil War were; The Compromise of 1850, The Fugitive Slave Law 1850, and The Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858. According to The Compromise of 1850, five sets of bills were passed by the United States Congress in 1850 to eliminate slavery.
The bills defined the political confrontation that would solve territorial disagreement experienced during the Mexican-American warfare. Eventually, the bill succeeded in developing Free-states that would create peace in the country (OpenStax, 2019). California was admitted as a Free-State, and Texas boundary was also fixed to solve the border rivalry between the Southern and Northern states. Today, the United States Supreme Court has been able to solve legal and moral issues through judiciary review (OpenStax, 2019). The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal and also acts as the final expositor of the constitution of the United States.
USA Supreme court has been able to control moral values and legal decisions concerning the country, which has helped in improving public relations. Recently, last year, 2020, the Supreme Court of USA said in the 5-4 ruling in June Medical Services vs. Russo that the state required all doctors who performed abortions to have admission privileges at the hospital within 30 miles (Schwartz & Tatalovich, 2018). The Supreme Court has played an important role in enhancing fair justice in the USA.
References
OpenStax. (2019). The Enforcement of the Slave-Trade Laws. Chapter 12,14. Routledge.
Schwartz, M. A., & Tatalovich, R. (2018). The Resolution of Moral Conflicts. In The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada University of Toronto Press.