[capitan_refugio]

"Affirmation of the consequent. Habeas Corpus had to be constitutionally suspended in the first place and Lincoln never established that it had been."

You are a broken record. Lincoln acted in a crisis and his warpowers were upheld by the Supreme Court.

[GOPcapitalist]

Lincoln acted in a crisis and his warpowers were upheld by the Supreme Court.

Now you've taken to lying outright. No supreme court ruling has ever upheld Lincoln's claimed power to suspend habeas corpus unilaterally. Two supreme court rulings have rejected the notion that the power he exercised belongs to the president though, and five federal courts ruled directly that Lincoln's suspension itself was unconstitutional.

[lentulusgracchus]

Lincoln acted in a crisis and his warpowers were upheld by the Supreme Court.

Hitler acted in a crisis, too -- think that washes him of burning the Reichstag?

[nolu chan]

Lincoln acted in a crisis and his warpowers were upheld by the Supreme Court.

No court has ever upheld the UNLAWFUL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL suspension of habeas corpus by any MILITARY authority, nor the UNLAWFUL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL purported delegation of such authority to any MILITARY authority.

No court has ever upheld the UNLAWFUL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL suspension of habeas corpus by General Scott, General Keim, or General Cadwallader.

No court has ever recognized any lawful ability to authorize General Scott to suspend the writ. No court has ever recognized any lawful ability for General Scott to authorize anyone to suspend the writ.