Washington applied to a justice of the supreme court to get permission to send an army to quell the Whiskey Rebellion, in accordance with the Militia Act of 1792.
So that is the precedent. The 1795 Militia act increased the president’s powers, not requiring application to the court. That was the law under which Lincoln acted.
Source, please.
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So that is the precedent.
ROFLMAO!
Boy, do you have a lot to learn about Law.
precedent
1) n. a prior reported opinion of an appeals court which establishes the legal rule (authority) in the future on the same legal question decided in the prior judgment.
"Precedent" is not just something that happens, it's a documented legal procedure.