No, I'm confused on how this supports DiLusional's claim that it is evidence that Lincoln personally ordered Taney's arrest. For this to support that claim, then it stands to reason that Lincoln must have personally ordered Merrick's arrest, too. So, where is the evidence that Lincoln personally ordered Merrick's arrest? It seems that it wasn't included in any of your posts.
Nah, simply authorizing it would suffice to demonstrate his willingness to use the arrest of judges to obstruct the judiciary from ruling against him.
So, where is the evidence that Lincoln personally ordered Merrick's arrest?
He personally authorized it as reported to the court by Porter's surrogate.
You're raising the bar, aren't you? GOPcapitalist originally cited the incident as corroborating evidence of "patterns and practices". Lincoln's involvement is clear from the Court's records, and his instantaneous intercession to prevent the delivery of the Court's summons to General Porter shows that his connection to the events was contemporary and intimate, and sufficient to sustain the charge that he must have known about Porter's house arrest of Judge Merrick, but did nothing about it.