Because of the forty-niner goldrush.
Chief Justice of the US Roger Taney, sitting as a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, ruled that Lincoln had violated the US Constitution when he illegally suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
The correct answer is the legislative branch.
The Legislative branch is made up the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. It is responsible for making laws, ratifying treaties, and regulating interstate commerce (amongst other things, too).
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