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To: BroJoeK
Was it constitutional when Lincoln:
  1. Arrested the MD legislature
  2. Suspended Habeas Corpus
  3. Issued The Emancipation Executive Order
  4. Ordered the arrest, military trial, conviction, and sentencing of Vallandigham

Need I go on?

312 posted on 01/23/2016 12:50:10 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Yeah General. Check out article 1 sec.9 of the Constitution.


315 posted on 01/23/2016 1:01:36 PM PST by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: central_va
central_va: "Was it constitutional when Lincoln: 1.Arrested the MD legislature...

You can answer all such questions yourself if you'll only remember the date May 6, 1861.
That is the date the Confederacy formally declared war on the United States.
On May 6, 1861 Union state citizens supporting the Confederacy met the Constitution's definition of treason:

Treason is punishable by Federal law, and after May 6, 1861, those Union state citizens supporting the Confederacy met conditions of that law.

320 posted on 01/23/2016 1:26:02 PM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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