1 gen 1861 anni - People start being arrested for anti-war rhetoric

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Interpretation of constitution was blurry

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney had ordered the president to release John Merryman, a civilian who had been arrested by military authorities in Maryland for speaking out against the war, but the president ignored him

Clement L. Vallandigham, a leading Ohio Democrat known for his blistering antiwar speeches, of treason. --> banished to confederacy