The imprisoner's dilemma -- Two lions of the New York bar -- O'Conor's bluff -- The Civil War as a trial by battle -- The return of the rule of law -- Speed issues an opinion -- Public opinion and its uses -- Thaddeus Stevens, secession, and Radical Reconstruction -- Underwood and Chase -- Secession and belligerency in Shortridge v. Macon -- Richard Henry Dana comes on board -- The reach of the Prize Cases -- Two embattled Presidents -- O'Conor's triumph -- Epilogue : Texas v. White and the "settlement" of secession's constitutionality.
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