...on March 4, 1861, the circumstances were undeniably both constitutionally and morally extraordinary: "[I]f the policy of the government upon vital questions...fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court . . . the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government...

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...other departments." Even an "erroneous" decision could be followed when "the evil effect of following it, being limited to that particular case, with the...borne than could the evils of a different practice." But, Lincoln continued, "the people will have ceased to be their own rulers" if "the policy of the...

...states as the "essence of anarchy" because they would not acquiesce to majority rule, and he argued that "if the policy of the government, upon vital...irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court," then "the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers." Lincoln said, in effect, he would be responsible...

...on March 4, 1861, the circumstances were undeniably both constitutionally and morally extraordinary: "[I]f the policy of the government upon vital questions...fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court . . . the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government...

...position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court. ... At the same time, the candid citizen must confess...the Government upon vital questions affecting the L whole of the people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court . . . the people...

...obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still, the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled and never becom« a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice....

...denied that constitutional questions could be settled solely by the Court. If government policy on "vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed" by the Court, "the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned...

...other departments." Even an "erroneous" decision could be followed when "the evil effect of following it, being limited to that particular case, with the...borne than could the evils of a different practice." But, Lincoln continued, "the people will have ceased to be their own rulers" if "the policy of the...

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