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To: Non-Sequitur
Please refute where you think you have better information.
109 posted on 11/07/2003 7:44:52 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
Please refute where you think you have better information.

OK, let's start here.

Lincoln illegally suspended the writ of habeas corpus...

Lincoln's actions were not illegal because you say they were. The Supreme Court never ruled on the legality or illegality.

... launched a military invasion without consent of Congress...

Nonsense. Invasions are launched against other countries not rebellious sections of your own. Lincoln had all the authority he needed under the militia act.

...blockaded Southern ports without declaring war...

Again, you declare war against other countries, not parts of your own.

...created three new states (Kansas, Nevada, and West Virginia) without the formal consent of the citizens of those states...

Kansas was admitted before Lincoln was inaugurated. As for West Virginia and Nevada exactly what formal consent are you looking for?

...deported a member of Congress from Ohio after he criticized Lincoln’s unconstitutional behavior...

Former member of Congress, and after his conviction by a military court.

...confiscated private property; confiscated firearms in violation of the Second Amendment; and eviscerated the Ninth and Tenth Amendments...

Some specifics please?

...ministers were imprisoned for failing to say a prayer for Abraham Lincoln...

Oh please.

Lincoln further arrested legislatures of Maryland who opposed the war and apponted their replacements...

Members who supported the ongoing southern rebellion. What was he supposed to do with them?

When the Chief Justus of the Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional Lincoln ordered him arrested too.

Utterly false.

181 posted on 11/07/2003 5:30:36 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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