[bimbo]

President Lincoln never did anything as far outside the pale as that. Oh no? How about the unconstitutional annexation of Western Virginia?

How about the suspension of Habeas Corpus?
How about the Arrest of Supreme Court Justice Tanney?
How about the dismissal of the Maryland Legislature to prevent that state from seceeding (and having Washington DC surrounded)?
There are more ... Lincoln was quite a tyrant with a huge disregard for the constitution, which has never been completely restored.

[rustbucket]

How about the Arrest of Supreme Court Justice Tanney?

While Lincoln may have contemplated Taney's arrest, I don't think Taney was actually arrested. The more I read, the less respect I have for Lincoln. He achieved his purpose, but he trampled the Constitution.

[varina davis]

How about the suspension of Habeas Corpus? How about the Arrest of Supreme Court Justice Tanney? How about the dismissal of the Maryland Legislature to prevent that state from seceeding (and having Washington DC surrounded)? There are more ... Lincoln was quite a tyrant with a huge disregard for the constitution, which has never been completely restored.

Absolutely! ...And shut down newspapers that disagreed with him; refused prisoner exchanges even when it would have benefited his own troops; after an Indian uprising in 1862 and to appease white voters, the president selected 39 Indian prisoners for execution (he later carried Minnesota); exempted 6 parishes under Union control in Louisiana and the 48 counties of western Virginia annexed by the Union,in the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves in all other CSA states....and the list goes on