...by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court," Lincoln explained, "nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding...entitled to very high respect and consideration, in all paralel [sic] cases, by all other departments of the government." Nonetheless, Lincoln reasoned, "at...

...many respects typical. Acknowledging that the Supreme Court's decisions on constitutional questions "must be binding in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit," he nonetheless insisted that they commanded no more than "very high respect and consideration, in all...

...federal courts as well as state courts. Furthermore, Court decisions, as Abraham Lincoln once said, are "entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases" by the other departments of government, both federal and state. (Lincoln's First Inaugural Address on...