[Me, channeling Fehrenbach]
If Booth hadn't shot him, it would be even money whether Congress ever got its power back. Lincoln might today be remembered as the American Caesar, who pretended to fight for freedom but extinguished the Republic instead. [You, feigning exasperation] Lord, it is getting deep in here.
Why, don't you think Lincoln had piled up as many unreviewed executive powers as Julius Caesar had? He was making new law the way the Mint made new coin.