President Lincoln's thoughts on Justice and the Duty of Government

[David Lockmiller]

(09-24-2022 04:46 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Excellent discussion!

Thank you, Bill.

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is one of those Supreme Court Justices that thought the way President Lincoln did. He was one of those United States Supreme Court Justices in the history of this democracy that you could address as "Your Honor," without having to choke on your own words.

An Illinois lawyer named Abraham Lincoln shared Cephalus's thoughts about justice and my views about sovereign immunity. In his State of the Union message of 1861, he said: "It is as much the duty of Government to render prompt justice against itself, in favor of its citizens, as it is to administer the same between private individuals." (Emphasis added.)