 | Daniel A. Farber - 2004 - 251 páginas
...was not, he said, an "assault upon the court, or the judges." It was their duty to decide the cases before them, and "it is no fault of theirs, if others...seek to turn their decisions to political purposes." Thus, Lincoln seemed to have backed away from the view that well-settled precedents were binding on... | |
 | Lorman A. Ratner, Dwight L. Teeter Jr., Dwight L. Teeter - 2003 - 166 páginas
...in his speech Lincoln made clear what threatened the Republic. He insisted that "one section of the country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute."2 But the question Lincoln... | |
 | David Williamson - 2004 - 460 páginas
...his view, the only "substantial dispute" existing between the regions was that "one section of the country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not be extended." Citing the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, he denied that... | |
 | Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - 2004 - 502 páginas
...eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly...ought to be extended, while the other believes it is WRONG, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive-slave clause... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 2004 - 374 páginas
...and the laws, can be given, will be cheerfully given to all the States." It was true, of course, that "one section of our country believes slavery is right,...believes it wrong, and ought not to be extended," but "this is the only substantial dispute," and that certainly afforded no grounds for a response as... | |
 | Scott Trafton - 2004 - 382 páginas
...national boundary, upon which to divide."27 But separation, of course, certainly had its advocates: "one section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended," he summarized, "while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 páginas
...eminent tribunal. Nor is there, in this view, any assault upon the court, or the judges. It is a duty, from which they may not shrink, to decide cases properly...seek to turn their decisions to political purposes. . . . WILLIAM J. BRENNAN JR., SPEECH TO THE TEXT AND TEACHING SYMPOSIUM, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (1985)... | |
 | Simone Payment - 2004 - 68 páginas
...the United States, to be taken by the President "before he enters on the execution of his office." One section of our country believes slavery is RIGHT,...ought to be extended, while the other believes it is WRONG, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive-slave clause... | |
 | Mel Friedman, Lina Miceli, Robert Bell, Michael Lee, Sally Wood, Adel Arshaghi, Suzanne Coffield, Michael McIrvin, Anita Price Davis, Research & Education Association, George DeLuca, Joseph Fili, Marilyn Gilbert, Bernice E. Goldberg, Leonard Kenner - 2005 - 886 páginas
...Constitution), choice (C) religious (faithful, believing in a deity), or choice (D) "old." 16. (B) Lincoln said, "One section of our country believes slavery is right...ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute." Although some of his... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 páginas
...been elected to vindicate. There was, he said, a single "substantial dispute" in the sectional crisis: "[o]ne section of our country believes slavery is...ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended." There could be no doubt about where Lincoln stood, and where... | |
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Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to political purposes. 
