The command of Abraham Lincoln was the absolute center of the legal order in the United States circa 1863.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
The sources document Lincoln's extensive wartime executive actions, including the blockade, the suspension of habeas corpus, and the Emancipation Proclamation, but none describes his command as the 'absolute center' of the legal order, and some note Congress's constitutional primacy and the courts' role.
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… which people then and now hold out, and hold similar sentiments out, as examples of the bestial and authoritarian nature of, you know, these the the Prussian martinet, or his Bavarian or Austrian counterparts, when in reality, I mean, that's and I mean, you could say that and be absolutely correct that the command of Abraham Lincoln was the absolute center of the present legal order circa 1863 in the United States. Okay, but, you know, this the idea that Eichmann, ah, within that paradigm, had some affirmative duty to behave differently or to deliberately strike a posture of insubordination is somewhat absurd. …
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Contradicts. Sources also say Lincoln's actions were framed as constitutional and that Congress was recognized as the superior branch in some respects, while the Supreme Court in the Prize Cases sustained his acts, so the record does not show a single absolute center of legal order.[1][5][6]
Context. Sources show Lincoln took sweeping war powers without congressional authorization, including a blockade, suspending habeas corpus, and expanding the army and navy, which supports a reading of expansive executive power.[2][3][7]
Context. Congress in 1863 granted Lincoln wide latitude to suspend habeas corpus, meaning part of his power derived from legislative grant rather than unilateral command.[4][7]
Sources
7 sources: 4 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Rebuttal: Abraham Lincoln, Civil Liberties, and the New Yorkhistory.nycourts.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 2ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND CIVIL LIBERTIESlaw.nyu.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 3With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition Lincoln as Commander in Chiefwwws.loc.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4The Civil War in America December 1862–October 1863loc.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5[PDF] abraham lincoln: preserving the union and the constitutionalbanygovernmentlawreview.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Abraham Lincoln, War Presidentarchive.nytimes.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (1863) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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