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Re: Did Lincoln violate his oath of office?

"that Lincolns suspension of the writ of habeus corpus violated the US Constitution. 'Ex parte Merryman'."
RD,
I know that Taney ruled that way. I am curious, how did Davis get around that under the southern Constitution. Do you have any idea? Was it after he declared marshall law as Lincoln did?
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