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What war did he start? What was the military action that started the war? I was unaware Lincoln attacked Fort Sumter.

He started a war of aggression to prevent Southern Independence. He sent a fleet of heavily armed warships to invade South Carolina's territory. An aggressor is one who invades the territory of another - not one who fires to drive an invader away.

The habeas corpus clause of Article I Section IX does not forbid “unilateral” suspension. That was done in response to Fort Sumter.

Yes it does. Habeas Corpus can only be suspended by Congress - and then only when the courts are not functioning.

The act of shutting down opposition newspapers could be insinuated to be unconstitutional if you ignore the suspension of habeas corpus, but acting in aid and comfort to the enemy is an act of war in and of itself, both treasonable crimes per Article III Section III. Perhaps if such things were done during the Vietnam War, the mindset of Americans would have been different?

The US Congress never declared war. Political opposition is not treason.

Please stop falling for the left’s tricks.

Please educate yourself better about the Constitution and History.

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The Constitution’s Suspension Clause (the only place where habeas corpus is mentioned that I can see, and as a privilege rather than a right) does not specify that habeas corpus can only be suspended by Congress.

Not to mention, Lincoln did indeed get Congressional approval in response to Fort Sumter, in special session. And the blockade of ports was not the first act of aggression in the war; not to mention there was the viewpoint that it was all still United States territory and not that of a foreign power.

You seem to also have forgotten that the 1807 Insurrection Act was also very much in force, as it is today; Trump invoked it in response to the riots that used George Floyd as their excuse.

Again, I cited the attack on Fort Sumter. You ignored it completely. Please be more focused and less emotional.