Copyright (c) 2010 The University of Akron School of Law All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/akronlaw Recent documents in Selected Works @ Akron Law en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:24:58 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/wilson_huhn/57 http://works.bepress.com/wilson_huhn/57 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:07:24 PST The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the Supreme Court has embraced Abraham Lincoln's transcendent understanding of the principles of liberty and equality - transcendent in the sense that these principles are considered to be timeless, universal, and morally binding. The article briefly summarizes the Transcendental Movement, sets forth Lincoln's understanding of liberty and equality, and describes how, in the modern era, the Supreme Court has "constantly approximated" the principles that Lincoln believed that this country is dedicated to. Wilson Huhn Constitutional Law Legal History