The Republican Police State

Thomas DiLorenzo
LRC Blog
April 3, 2008

This kind of thing was originated by Lincoln, not surprisingly. Quoting myself from page 139 of The Real Lincoln: "The [Lincoln] administration protected itself from criminal prosecution for depriving so many citizens of their constitutional rights by orchestrating the passage of an ‘indemnity act’ in 1863 that placed the president, his cabinet, and the military above the law with regard to unconstitutional and arbitrary arrests."

"The indemnity law (sponsored by Pennsylvania congressman Thaddeus Stevens)never received enough votes from the U.S. Senate to become law; the presiding officer of the Senate simply declared the law valid, adjourned the Senate, and let the dissenters voice their protests." (Source: James Randall, Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln, p. 193).

Who says America is based on the principle that no man is above the law?

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