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"and just how far it is from the Great Emancipator?s understanding of the legitimate scope of federal judicial power."

Aside from the fact that this meant, to Lincoln, simply IGNORING the rulings you don't like, it is of far greater importance to consider his understanding of the legitimate scope of federal executive power. In that area his motto was essentially "anything goes if I say so."