Not really. The Supreme Court uses pretty strict guidelines to decide which cases it accepts. Among them, a party has to have standing in the case and has to have reason to appeal the lower court's ruling. In Merryman, the parties with standing and reason to appeal were The Lincoln, his administration, and the military. None of them did so.
Not really. The Supreme Court uses pretty strict guidelines to decide which cases it accepts. Among them, a party has to have standing in the case and has to have reason to appeal the lower court's ruling. In Merryman, the parties with standing and reason to appeal were The Lincoln, his administration, and the military. None of them did so.
What about Merryman himself? Was he willing to blow up bridges but not go before the Court?
Of course, as Mr. Lincoln noted, there was an "efficient corps of aiders and abettors" of treason loose in Maryland. Surely, the stopping of federal authorities from arresting people under suspension of the Writ would have helped Merryman's cause?
Lincoln oustwitted the traitors at every turn.
He saved Maryland for the Union and he saved the Union itself. That is what galls you.
But you hate the United States. Damn the United States to hell, right?
Walt