The Broken Constitution Quotes

“standpoint of the Constitution as it had existed until then, Lincoln’s proposed order was a fundamental violation—and pointed toward a fundamental restructuring. The Constitution had been born as a compromise. That compromise had been repeatedly updated and reaffirmed until the Civil War began. As it had evolved, the compromise Constitution protected slavery in order to preserve a union capable”
― Noah Feldman, The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America