DDL's delivery of "I *decided* the constitution gave me war powers" is so good at getting to the heart of why constitutional law is so tricky. He does what he believes is right and prays it is also legal. Which, as the film points out, is only a hair's breadth from the act of a dictator.
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jamelle
watching the scene in LINCOLN where lincoln expounds on the legal and constitutional reasons for wanting the 13th amendment — going to show it in class tomorrow — and i’m tempted to just watch the whole movie again. it rocks
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