Yes, the Confederate contempt for their constitution is well established. And without the third branch of government to act as a check and balance on the other two branches they may have gotten away with it.
They'd hardly be the only government in North America to have trampled on their constitution in order to do what they thought necessary to win.
Only one I'm aware of.
As we both know, exigencies of war had not provided the opportunity for them to do that yet.
Davis and the Confederate congress had the time to confirm four Secretaries of State, though they had nobody to carry on diplomatic relations with. They confirmed five Secretaries of War, though Davis ran things on his own. Six Attorney Generals, though they didn't have a judiciary. Three Treasury secretaries, a Navy secretary, and a Postmaster general, all appointed and none required by the constitution. They kept Davis's revolving door of a cabinet stocked but not the third branch of government. Exigencies of war had nothing to do with it. Contempt for the rule of law did.
Was it unconstitutional? Possibly. So what?
Would you cut Lincoln the same slack?
You just can't help yourself can you?
My opinion hasn't changed. And as I said it's hard to sit by when you post such ridiculous crap.
Yes, the Confederate contempt for their constitution is well established. And without the third branch of government to act as a check and balance on the other two branches they may have gotten away with it.
Its nowhere near as well established as Lincoln's contempt for the US Constitution. We both know the CSA would have accepted it if it meant independence. Slavery was dying anyway. Many if not most throughout the Western world saw that.
Only one I'm aware of.
Then you need to read much more since the US federal government did it to a much greater extent.
Davis and the Confederate congress had the time to confirm four Secretaries of State, though they had nobody to carry on diplomatic relations with. They confirmed five Secretaries of War, though Davis ran things on his own. Six Attorney Generals, though they didn't have a judiciary. Three Treasury secretaries, a Navy secretary, and a Postmaster general, all appointed and none required by the constitution. They kept Davis's revolving door of a cabinet stocked but not the third branch of government. Exigencies of war had nothing to do with it. Contempt for the rule of law did.
Horsehockey. Cabinet positions are vital for the functioning of a government in time of war. The courts could be duly appointed once the national emergency was over and independence gained. The Founding Fathers didn't appoint judges during their war of Independence either.
Would you cut Lincoln the same slack?
Was Lincoln faced with getting a new government up and running while simultaneously being attacked by a far larger aggressor like the Confederate government was faced with?
My opinion hasn't changed. And as I said it's hard to sit by when you post such ridiculous crap.
Nor has mine. Yet somehow I am able to control myself and refrain from seeking you out despite all the ridiculous crap you post.