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Was Lincoln justified in claiming emergency powers during the Civil War?
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∙ 12y ago
He jailed the Southern-sympathising leaders of the deeply divided state of Maryland. If he hadn't, then Maryland could well have voted Confederate, and Washington DC would have been surrounded on all sides by enemy states.
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