Lincoln and the Broken Constitution
The Lawfare Podcast
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What's Going on in the Book of No Property in Man?
Anan Ness: I couldn't really understand the criticism. He took sharp objection to your conception of the compromise constitution and lincoln's adherence to it. There must be some academic debate, an dispute i don't understand. Can you explain what's going on there? Yes, i think there are two parts. The other thing that's going on is that willens is a strong critic of the 16 19 project. You know, he's attacking me as a proxy for attacking those folks,. Even though my book doesn't actually say thaugh, we can't improve. And to the contrary, my book makes the argument that lincoln broke the constitution, and we have really improved since.
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