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Politics : Have you read your constitution today? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (271)	7/6/2003 4:26:21 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 403

Lincoln's acts during his reign as "dictator": - suspended the writ of habeas corpus and having the military arrest tens of thousands of his Northern political critics and opponents; - launched an invasion of the South without the consent of Congress; - blockaded Southern ports without first declaring war; - censored all telegraph communication; - imprisoned dozens of opposition newspaper editors and owners; - ordered federal troops to interfere with Northern elections; - unconstitutionally created the state of West Virginia to shore up his electoral college vote count; - confiscated firearms and other private property; - deported the most outspoken member of the Democratic opposition, Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio; - and gutted the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. lewrockwell.com This makes Ridge/Ashcroft look like angels. -g- Tom