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The President and Don't Ask / Don't Tell – Is it 1862 all over again?

July 1, 2009

     On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.  Is history about to repeat itself?

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Lincoln and the Constitutionality of Emancipation

February 17, 2009

     Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery as strongly as any abolitionist: he said, "If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong."  But did he possess the power to end slavery?

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Lincoln's Style: The Greeley Letter

January 27, 2009

     I am greatly indebted to the students in my Jurisprudence class.  In three hours yesterday evening they gave me more insight into Lincoln's thought and work than I had gained in thousands of hours of solitary work.  I shall be drawing upon their ideas for some time to come.  In this posting I shall [...]

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