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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1261866, member: 5233&quot;]Well, if you really value the Constitution so much...perhaps Jefferson isn&#039;t the best idol either.&nbsp; Jefferson was a strong Constitutionalist and believed that it should be very strictly followed.&nbsp; He believed that the powers laid out in it were not meant for a lot of flexible interputation.&nbsp; But, when 1803 rolled around and the he had a chance to complete the Louisiana Purchase...he did so.&nbsp; The Constitution did not give him the right to do so and he did anyway.&nbsp; I do believe that it was in the greater interest of the nation to do so...but it was probably illegal.&nbsp; I think the same statement could be made for Lincoln&#039;s choices. </p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, and I could be wrong, a lot of what Lincoln did was allowed by law through emergency power granted to the President at time of war.&nbsp; One example is the suspension of Habeas Corpus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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