 To state the question more directly, are all the laws but one to go unexecuted and the Government itself go to pieces lest that one be violated? Even in such a case would not the official oath be broken if the Government should be overthrown, when it...  How America Goes to Warby Frank E. Vandiver - 2005 - 156 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Daniel A. Farber - 2003 - 272 pages
...government itself, go to pieces, lest that one be violated?" He continued with another question: "[ Wjould not the official oath be broken, if the government...disregarding the single law, would tend to preserve it?"35 In short, on careful reading, Lincoln was not arguing for the legal power to take emergency... | |
 | Beau Breslin - 2004 - 298 pages
...laws, but one, to go unexecuted, and the government itself to go to pieces, lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be...disregarding the single law, would tend to preserve it?"20— could just as easily be attributed to President Bush. The current president regularly remarks... | |
 | Beau Breslin - 2006 - 292 pages
...laws, but one, to go unexecuted, and the government itself to go to pieces, lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be broken, if the government should be overthrow i, when it was believed that disregarding the single law, would tend to preserve it?"3 Ex... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - 2005 - 462 pages
...laws but one to go unexecuted and the Government itself to go to pieces lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be...disregarding the single law would tend to preserve it? But it was not believed that this question was presented. It was not believed that any law was violated.... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 pages
...laws, but one, to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces, lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be...disregarding the single law, would tend to preserve it? But it was not believed that this question was presented. It was not believed that any law was violated.... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall, John J. Patrick - 2006 - 257 pages
...laws, but one, to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces, lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be...disregarding the single law would tend to preserve it? But it was not believed that this question was presented. It was not believed that any law was violated.... | |
 | William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - 2007 - 216 pages
...the laws but one to go unexecuted, and the Government itself go to pieces lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be...disregarding the single law would tend to preserve it? The major constitutional issue at stake is that which provides that "the privilege of the writ of habeas... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 pages
...laws but one to go unexecuted, and the Government itself to go to pieces lest that one be violated ? Even in such a case would not the official oath be...disregarding the single law would tend to preserve it. But it was not believed that this question was presented. It was not believed that any law was violated.... | |
 | Jennifer L. Weber - 2006 - 304 pages
...to pieces, lest that one be violated?" he asked. "Even in such a case, would not the [president's] official oath be broken, if the government should...disregarding the single law, would tend to preserve it?"38 Many conservatives who still supported Lincoln shifted uneasily over his early actions but stayed... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 2007 - 476 pages
...laws. but one, to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces, lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be broken, if the government should be overthrown ... It was not believed that any law was violated ... It was decided that we have a case of rebellion... | |
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