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1 Lincoln and the Constitution: The Dictatorship Question Reconsidered

Belz, Herman. "1 Lincoln and the Constitution: The Dictatorship Question Reconsidered". Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era, New York, USA: Fordham University Press, 1997, pp. 17-43. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295111-004

Belz, H. (1997). 1 Lincoln and the Constitution: The Dictatorship Question Reconsidered. In Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era (pp. 17-43). New York, USA: Fordham University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295111-004

Belz, H. 1997. 1 Lincoln and the Constitution: The Dictatorship Question Reconsidered. Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era. New York, USA: Fordham University Press, pp. 17-43. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295111-004

Belz, Herman. "1 Lincoln and the Constitution: The Dictatorship Question Reconsidered" In Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era, 17-43. New York, USA: Fordham University Press, 1997. https://doi.or

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Constitutional dictatorship

Form of government in which emergency dictatorial powers are limited by the constitution

A constitutional dictatorship is a form of government in which dictatorial powers are exercised during an emergency. The dictator is not absolute and the dictator's authority remains limited by the constitution.

The Roman Republic made provision for a dictator who could govern unchecked for a stipulated period of time. Unlike other magistrates, a dictator was not subject to review of his actions at the conclusion of his term.[1]

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States during the American Civil War, exercised extraordinary powers to preserve the Union. Lincoln's dictatorial actions included directly ordering the arrest and detention of Confederate sympathizers and the suspension of the right to writs of habeas corpus. However, Lincoln remained subject to Congressional oversight, judicial review, and periodic elections.

The Weimar Republic, which succeeded The German Empire after the First World War, adopted a constitutional provision th

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Lincoln’s Dictatorship: How the President Broke the Constitutional Compact in Order to Save It

Poised to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln found he could not write his name. He told the breathless witnesses—his private secretary John Nicolay, Secretary of State William Seward, and Seward’s son Frederick—that the reason was not any uncertainty on his part. He had been shaking hands for three hours that day and his hand was simply tired. His “whole soul” was in the decision to emancipate, Lincoln insisted. He was pausing only to avoid a “tremulous signature” because “If my hand trembles when I sign the Proclamation, all who examine the document hereafter will say, ‘He hesitated.’”

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This story has become part of our Lincoln hagiography. It is invariably told to emphasize that the Great Emancipator had no ambivalence about his historic act. Lincoln’s reassurance of his colleagues is meant to reassure the listener of the president’s certainty. He acted decisively to create a new moral order, righting the wrong of slav

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