fast-forward -- roger tawney. abraham lincoln becomes president by running against roger tawney, by telling everyone who will listen how preposterous dread scott is. the young lawyer from illinois says -- i love this phrase -- i am an astonisher in political history. the tension when lincoln confronts tawney, who wants to invalidate everything lincoln is doing and to declare everything the obama administration -- i'm sorry, the lincoln administration does as unconstitutional. he wants a draft. an individual mandate, if you will. that is what it is. it's a conscription law. does this as a tax so you can buy your way out of it, just like the individual mandate. he is afraid tawney will invalidate this whole thing. when tawney dies, they find in his desk -- the case never materializes -- they find in his desk a complete draft opinion. a draft draft opinion, if you will, holding conscription unconstitutional. the case had not reached the supreme court, but tawney is ready. he has it in his top drawer. lincoln's emanci