On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Petro wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:18:09PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote:
> > > Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war, or
> > > other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the
> > > Constitution says that it is suspended when a President declares it to
> > > be suspended.
> > Power is what power does. He got away with it, that's all that counts.
>
> Then the consitution is meaningless babble.
Wnat meaningless babble? Look at the last half of Lincolns first address
as president.
Lincoln wasn't after saving the union, he was after saving a power base.
> Freedom, like security, is a process,
Freedom -is- Security.
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