Andy McCarthy offers a way out for President 44 re the detainee photos: issue an Executive Order classifying them as essential to national security. Rich Lowry sees a hidden GOP mentor for 44 on the photos issue.
Here is official Lincolniana from the Civil War decisions he took to preserve the Union: (1) Executive Order dated April 27, 1861, suspending habeas corpus; (2) Executive Order No. 1 Relating to Political Prisoners, Feb. 14, 1862, listing extra-legal actions taken and reasons why; (3) Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Sept. 24, 1862, also authorizing arrest and detention of draft-dodgers, and those suspected of treason or "other disloyalty."
Lincoln, as LFTC noted recently, also jailed Copperhead leader Cornelius Vallandigham in 1863, telling Congress, "Shall I shoot the simple soldier boy who deserts, while leaving untouched the hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert?"
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