[DoodleDawg]

...but at this point the powers in Washington didn't care about law or the constitution, they were reveling in the raw exercise of power.

Interesting comment. I'm having a fascinating discussion with Jeffersondem on just how the powers in Richmond didn't care about the law or the Constitution but just the raw exercise of unfettered power.

[DiogenesLamp]

I’m not going to indulge your childish “they did it too!” argument. Bad behavior on the part of another doesn’t justify other people’s bad behavior.