I still want someone to answer where Lincoln got his constitutional authority to use force to preserve the Union?
Where does the Constitution say the POTUS may do that?
I was so hoping Birdwatcher would answer this for me
Or, the same unconstitutional authority to "free" private property lawfully owned by American citizens without due compensation...
Or, the unconstitutional authority to have the Maryland legislature and Governor arrested and replaced, and order the guns at Ft. McHenry turned on the CIVILIAN population of Baltimore, essentially placing the entire city under arrest without charge and under threat of death if they were to exercise their First, Second, Third, Fourth, or Fifth Amendment rights...
