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How did Abraham Lincoln overstep his constitutional authority before and during the war between the states?
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∙ 9y ago
There certainly were cases where Lincoln suspended the Constitution. That was deemed necessary and to a maximum situation in places like Maryland. The problem was he could not supervise the situations where say habeas corpus was suspended. That left local officials with the power to abuse the rights of their fellow Americans. It's a shame that Lincoln had to overstep his authority, but it speaks to the idea that war, any war will have its opponents. And not all the Northern opponents were pro-slavery. Many were against the war, which is why George B. McClellan and the Democrats thought they had a chance to unseat Lincoln in 1864 and handle the war differently. No plan for that was in place however.
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∙ 12y agoHe suspended habeus corpus, expanded the size of the army, and initiated a draft.
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Popular sovereignty
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Dr. James Cornelius is without a doubt the leading expert on everything and anything Lincoln.
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The Thirteenth, which abolished slavery throughout the United States.
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