Learn about President Lincoln and the writ of habeas corpus.

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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney rules against Abraham Lincoln's aggressive use of war powers.

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The Prize Cases posed a constitutional test of Abraham Lincoln's use of war powers during an emergency.

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Critics accused Abraham Lincoln of trampling on the Constitution, but he thought his actions were needed to save both the Union and the Constitution.

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When fighting began between Confederate and Union forces in April of 1861, Abraham Lincoln acted decisively, but some questioned whether his actions were constitutional. Learn more about Lincoln???s reaction to secession and the constitutional debate in this episode of the 60-Second Civics daily podcast.

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Abraham Lincoln faced a tough first year in office: secession and war plagued the nation.

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Lincoln lost his campaign for the Senate, but won the presidency two years later.

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Abraham Lincoln was largely self-taught, having less than one year of formal education. Yet, he became a lawyer and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Learn more about the beginning of Abraham Lincoln's career in today???s episode of 60-Second Civics.

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Today, we begin a brief series on Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. We start by mapping his early years, which began in Kentucky on February 12, 1809.

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The 27th Amendment was originally introduced with the Bill of Rights, but it was not ratified until 1992. It says that legislation modifying the salary of members of Congress will take effect until after an election of representatives. This gives the American people the chance to vote out of office legislators they think may have excessively raised their salaries.

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