Lincoln refused to turn him over to authorities, and even when the Supreme Court decided that Lincoln had no right to do so, he ignored the Supreme Court and claimed that he needed to suspend the rules in order to end the war with the south. This is one of many times in United States history where the government had ignored their own rules in response …show more content…
Congressional power evolved from being inaccurate and vague to be an efficient tool to prevent and deal with a crisis. This war is often viewed as a second American Revolution because it resolved so many issues from when the constitution was first written by the founding fathers. This was in no small part due to Lincoln’s involvement in expanding the federal powers, for the purpose of ending slavery and the war with the