[cgbg]

I am sure Abraham Lincoln carefully pondered dates and the finer points of the Constitution as he dealt with the Civil War issues.

Not!

Here is one example:

https://www.historynet.com/stop-the-presses-lincoln-suppresses-journalism.htm

[Dr. Franklin]

I am sure Abraham Lincoln carefully pondered dates and the finer points of the Constitution as he dealt with the Civil War issues.

Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus after the attack on Ft. Sumter, not before.