[GOPcapitalist]

You suggested that President Lincoln admitted that he had himself admitted he broke the law.

No I didn't, Walt. I stated that he admitted that the suspension power came from the criteria set out in Article I, Section 9 and nowhere else. Your fibbing about that after the fact will not change it.

[WhiskeyPapa]

You suggested that President Lincoln admitted that he had himself admitted he broke the law.

No I didn't, Walt. I stated that he admitted that the suspension power came from the criteria set out in Article I, Section 9 and nowhere else.

Well, he obviously didn't see that as a bar to presidential action, and neither did the Congress or the people, and as you know, his actions are also supported by the present Chief Justice.

Walt