Now, I didn't say all could be justified now did I?
Even Lincoln would admit some of the arrests were unjustified, but he never denied the need to do so.
There may have been justification for many of them. Then that is your burden to prove, not mine.
I feel no burden to prove anything.
The right to suspend the Writ is in the Constitution.
That just about sums up your entire posting attitude around here, ftD. You hurl speculation and unfounded assumptions as if they were concrete arguments while simultaneously dismissing documented factual information that inconveniences your preconceived position. At least you admit it though, which cannot be said of your friends...