
Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis
Lectures in History
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The Constitution Does Not Account for This Moment
Lincoln is sort of saying to us, ok, you know, the constitution does not account for this moment. And what shall we do? Ryan should we abide by all the laws, and then the country goes to pieces,. Or is it better to break one law and maintain the union and the constitution? It's a sort of initial like, well, maybe we should think about whether the constitution is actually useful to this moment. But after he puts that out there, l Lincoln backs up. He also says, well, yes, that's true, but also, i don't think i did anything unconstitutional.
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