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So it's OK to violate the Constitution a little, but not a lot? Where is the line?

It has never been ruled that Lincoln violated the Constitution at all. But you should really direct that question to Jeff Davis. There was a reason, I think, why the confederate president was not required to swear an oath to protect and defend the confederate constitution. They had so little respect for it to begin with.

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It has never been ruled that Lincoln violated the Constitution at all.

Yes it has. The Circuit Court ruled that in Ex Parte Merryman. The Lincoln illegally ignored that decision.