On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:59:46AM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Lincoln imposed a number of restrictions on rights during the Civil > War including the suspension of Habius Corpus. Considering the > situation, do you think they were justified?
Since I suspect you are more familiar with that historical situation than I am, I will turn the question around. 1) What were Lincoln's goals in imposing the restrictions? 2) What other ways could he have accomplished those goals with fewer, less objectional, or no restrictions? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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