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In this insightful study, Thomas Mackey analyzes the constitutional collision between Clement Vallandigham's public opposition to national policy during the Civil War and President Lincoln's decision to limit political speech whenever needed to promote national goals. Vallandigham became the target because of his prominence. A complex story that includes legal and political calculations on both sides. - Louis Fisher, author of Reconsidering Judicial Finality: Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution and Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism In addition to being a highly readable, fast-moving, compelling account of Clement Vallandigham's opposition to President Lincoln and the Civil War, Thomas Mackey's Opposing Lincoln implicitly raises important present-day issues such as the power of a president to suppress dissent and the capacity of loyal but incompetent subordinate officials to create trouble for a president. - William E. Nelson, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law and professor of history, New York University, and author of Marbury v. Madison: The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

"""Vallandigham's story is one that every student of the Civil War should know, and it is ably told by Mackey.""--Journal of the Civil War Era ""This short volume amply fulfills its stated goal of educating students and the public about the challenges of balancing liberty and security in wartime. This book serves as an outstanding entry point for further study and reflection on these crucial topics.""--Political Science Quarterly ""Mackey has produced a thoughtful, classroom-friendly study of Vallandingham's wartime free speech battles with the Lincoln Administration.""--Civil War Book Review ""By placing legal history in its wartime context and within a midwestern setting, Mackey delivers a spirited defense of Lincoln's war powers and makes legal history compelling and accessible to wider audiences interested in how the war unfolded on the home front.""--Indiana Magazine of History ""In this insightful study, Thomas Mackey analyzes the constitutional collision between Clement Vallandigham's public opposition to national policy during the Civil War and President Lincoln's decision to limit political speech whenever needed to promote national goals. Vallandigham became the target because of his prominence. A complex story that includes legal and political calculations on both sides.""--Louis Fisher, author of Reconsidering Judicial Finality: Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution and Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism ""In addition to being a highly readable, fast-moving, compelling account of Clement Vallandigham's opposition to President Lincoln and the Civil War, Thomas Mackey's Opposing Lincoln implicitly raises important present-day issues such as the power of a president to suppress dissent and the capacity of loyal but incompetent subordinate officials to create trouble for a president.""--William E. Nelson, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law and professor of history, New York University, and author of Marbury v. Madison: The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded ""Opposing Lincoln traces the sweeping changes to the political, legal, military, social, and federal systems during the Civil War. The work is both timely and perennial, examining questions about government restrictions on civil liberties during an emergency. Mackey's nuanced portrait of Lincoln's executive actions--in particular his decision to suspend habeas corpus--also presents how some viewed these measures as violating the existing constitutional order.""--Sarah Burns, author of The Politics of War Powers: The Theory and History of Presidential Unilateralism"

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Thomas C. Mackey is professor of history and adjunct professor of law at the University of Louisville. He is the author of the four-volume A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era, among other works.

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