[nolu chan]

[Walt] As he said, nothing was done that went outside the powers of Congress.

Except in his own mind, and your own idolizing mind, Lincoln was not the Congress, or the Judiciary.

What he did was outside the power of the President.

[Grand Old Partisan]

"Except in his own mind, and your own idolizing mind, Lincoln was not the Congress, or the Judiciary.

What he did was outside the power of the President."

You are setting yourself up as a constitutional authority superior to Congress and the Supreme Court, which supported the President's action.

[capitan_refugio]

Nolu - you should read Rehnquist's recent book on the "war powers" of the President. He writes specifically about the Lincoln situation. Rehnquist makes an reasoned argument in behalf of Lincoln's policies, neither commending nor deprecating him.

Afterward, you may revise your opinion as to whether it was really "outside the power of the President" to preserve the Constitution and the Union.