Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio opposed the Civil War policies of President Abraham Lincoln and raised the issue of internal security. How the Lincoln administration and President Lincoln dealt with and understood the problem of disloyalty, together with a decision of the United States Supreme Court, helped to clarify the scale and scope of presidential war powers to limit political speech.
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Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio opposed the Civil War policies of President Abraham Lincoln and raised the issue of internal security. How the Lincoln administration and President Lincoln dealt with and understood the problem of disloyalty, together with a decision of the United States Supreme Court, helped to clarify the scale and scope of presidential war powers to limit political speech.
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