The Abraham Lincoln Presidency

Sorry. That's my biting wit.

I like 'em. Would eventually like to see one for every president, even the "obscure" ones.

I am happy to help make some for obscure presidents, QM if you want help.

I just made this one about Washington. Wasn't that hard.

I think I could easily put together some for Adams, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Wilson, Truman, Eisenhower, and maybe a couple others.

I've created some for Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, and Van Buren (someone else already did Andrew Jackson). I'm planning to do the rest, but I've been working on other things and haven't gotten back to them recently.

I made them for Madison, Monroe, and Quincy Adams, and intended to keep going, but not many people were taking them so I stopped while working on Jackson. My quiz on Kennedy had a few more takers - around 200 at this point, but still nothing to brag about.

That isn't my point. My point is that people wading into political discussions generally have a very poor understanding of our country's history. They constantly referred to Obama as "the worst president ever" and decried his alleged efforts to destroy the Constitution. They had no idea what they were talking about. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. FDR tried to pack the Supreme Court and permitted the Japanese internment camps. Wilson unilaterally seized the railroads. Most people don't know any of this. So rather than just say "I don't agree with Obama's approach to healthcare," they need to ramp way up with all the superlatives. And they sound like idiots. And to answer your question, my assessment is based on the law. I'm a lawyer and constitutional law is an area I've studied with some rigor, so whether I would accept the conduct is based on its legal grounding. Whether I personally approve is a separate question, and is irrelevant to the point I was making.

How do you feel about Andrew Jackson? He ignored a Supreme Court ruling and uttered his famous quote, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it." If I remember correctly, that ultimately led to the Cherokee being forced on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma. (Odd that it occurred just after gold was discovered on Cherokee land.) Although my Cherokee friends have never been fans of Jackson, I find it interesting that many presidents develop a favorable view of him, including Presidents Obama and Trump. :)

And it's finally done. There is now a quiz for every single U.S. President on JetPunk, with the exception of Joe Biden, who was just inaugurated today.