Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in Wartime

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared martial law and authorized military tribunals to try terrorists because they could act quickly, gather intelligence through interrogation, and preventlife-saving information from becoming public. That Lincoln emergesfrom this controversy with a reputation for statesmanship may bethe most powerful argument for his judicious application ofexecutive authority during a national emergency.

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