Which means fuck all in the long run

You make southerners look worse

Butthirt over 150 year old shit

That was ruled lawful

You seem to be the only one talking morals

Lincoln was a Constitutional Lawyer, he should probably know the Constitution well enough to know where is powers end and where Congress’s powers begin.

Now it is insisted that Congress, and not the Executive, is vested with this power. But the Constitution itself, is silent as to which, or who, is to exercise the power; and as the provision was plainly made for a dangerous emergency, it cannot be believed the framers of the instrument intended, that, in every case, the danger should run its course, until Congress could be called together; the very assembling of which might be prevented ... by the rebellion. No more extended argument is now offered, as an opinion ... will probably be presented by the Attorney General. Whether there shall be any legislation upon the subject, and if any, what, is submitted entirely to the better judgment of Congress.

Lincolns words

He knew

You cite Congress' reaction. We've cited the fucking Constitution.

Ehzek, it’s under Article I.

Article I is Congress’s powers and limitations.

It was a blind spot in the constitution

The writ of Habeus Corpus and it’s suspension are Congressional powers.

That congress and abe fixed

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No, that’s a lie.

That’s sophistry if I ever saw it.

Where does it say "the President alone can take away my WoHC on a statewide level"

Lincoln made a massive oof.

It doesnt

Case closed.

It was argued by Lincoln that it was for emergencies

That doesn't mean he gets that sudden power

For Congress, yes, not the President.

And since it was an emergency and congress couldn't do it he did it

It’s implied, within the constitution, to be an Legislative Power, not an executive one.

And congress clapped

Congress could do it, that's why his action was unconstitutional in the first place

It was decided that when congress cant president can

Only Congress could do it.

Apparently not

And how does the President magically have this power when it is clearly under the list of Congressional powers?

Otherwise we wouldnt have this conversation

Because the constitution is a living breathing document that can be changed?

No, it isn’t.

Explain amendments

Ill wait

It isn’t something you can change the meaning of immediately on a whim.

He didnt

Amendments are meant to be hard to change and ratify because the Constitution is meant to be a slow-moving document.