...of saving our country when in danger, are of a higher obligation. "Okay so far? Now listen to this: "To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. "Straight from the horse's mouth, boy, from Thomas Jefferson. The guy who wrote the frigging Constitution....

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." Such circumstances arise most often in war and revolution. "Should we have ever gained our Revolution,...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." Lincoln expressed similar thoughts in the draft of his report to Congress on July 4, 1861 when he stated:...

...necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of a higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.55 However, he did not seek to anchor emergency powers in the constitution. Rather, his liberal...

...country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with...with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.38 Inevitably, one must confront Abraham Lincoln, at once the most important and yet problematic...

...extralegal actions. "To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law," Jefferson argued, "would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty,...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." Clearly, Jefferson limited his ends-justifies-the-means argument to the kinds of emergency situations...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...us, thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." After offering this slightly edited version of Jefferson's general principle, Colvin went on to present...

...not perish. Thus, the suspension of legal authority does not imply its abolition." So too Jefferson: "To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to...us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means. . . . The line of discrimination between cases may be difficult; but the good officer is bound to draw...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...with us, thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.14 To another correspondent Jefferson went further, arguing for a temporary dictatorship: Under...

...of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written...with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."16 Jefferson was writing in a tradition of prerogative power that went back to the influential...