...and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government. And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous...time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed...

...Lincoln observed in his first inaugural address that for any erroneous Supreme Court decision there is "the chance that it may be over-ruled, and never become a precedent for other cases "12 Throughout his vigorous campaign against the Dred Scott decision, Abraham Lincoln emphasized an...

...binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit . . . And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous...time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed...

...binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit ... And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous...precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could th« evils of a different practice. At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy...

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...consideration, in all parallel cases, by all other departments of the government . And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous...that particular case, with the chance that it may be over -ruled, and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils...

...binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit . . . And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous...time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fired...

...his First Inaugural, Lincoln showed his commitment to the established view of constitutional powers: "At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed...

...parallel cases by all other departments of the government. And while it is obviously possible that such a decision may be erroneous in any given case, still...precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could be evils of a different practice: At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy...