[WhiskeyPapa]

his ruling in Merryman had no support in a fair reading of law and precedent.

False. As Justice Curtis so succinctly noted the next year, EVERY SINGLE PRECEDENT that existed on the matter as well as the law's plain reading was against Lincoln's position. That is a matter of simple indisputable fact.

The obvious next step for the forces of secession and disunion was to get the issues in Merryman before the whole Court. They didn't do that.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

The obvious next step for the forces of secession and disunion was to get the issues in Merryman before the whole Court.

Not at all. They won the case in the circuit court. Tell me, walt. Would you ever appeal against your own WIN in court?