[Fish out of Water]

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[Fish out of Water]

Lincoln "ignored rulings hand-delivered to him by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney ordering Lincoln to respect and faithfully execute the laws of the United States" says Roberts. Absolutely true again. Taney ? and virtually all legal scholars at the time ? was of the opinion that only Congress could constitutionally suspend habeas corpus, and had his opinion hand delivered to Lincoln by courier. Lincoln ignored it and never even bothered to challenge it in court.

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[Cultural Jihad]

Ho hum from an ideologue rag. There are people in Bosnia who can remember the exact day and hour 873 years ago when some grievous event happened to them.

[Bigun]

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[DallasDeb]

I don't doubt that some of these incidents did indeed occur; however, to attribute all of them to Lincoln seems way over the edge. I think many, especially in the military, became little dictators over their areas of command. I would also question the credibility of the source, whether footnoted or not.

. . . launched a military invasion without consent of Congress; blockaded Southern ports without declaring war

Does anyone actually believe a POTUS would formally declare war on member states? I doubt it.