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Originally Posted by willravel
You believe that in wartime the president should be able to break the law to do what he or she thinks is best? You don't think that creates an unprecedented opportunity for abuse?
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Unprecedented?
Imagine if a U.S. President ever suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus, in order to prevent protests and civil disobedience. Imagine if that same President declared Marshall Law, giving the United States military the full and absolute authority close down "hostile, anti war newspapers," and to arrest individuals for protesting the war. What if that President, when ordered by the SCOTUS, to bring those prisoners before the court, had the Chief Justice placed under military arrest? What if that President sent the country into never before seen debt, to pursue a war that most people didn’t see a need for? What if that President oversaw a Department of Defense that awarded fat, lucrative contracts to political cronies? What if that President heartily encouraged the immigration of poor immigrants...to fill the ranks in a shrinking Army?
Would you say that it’s time to rebel?
The President was Abraham Lincoln, a president who is held in the highest of esteem in American classrooms. And this abuse of power was perpetrated on Northern soil…not Southern. This all took place after the Southern states decided to bid the U.S. a fair adieu.
I just find it funny how these things work.