How can this 1858 statement of Abraham Lincoln be reconciled with his 1862 Emancipation Proclamation

What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances

President clinton, on the fortieth anniversary of the events in arkansas surrounding the "little rock nine," stated that "when the constitutional rights of our citizens are threatened, the national government must guarantee them." this principle was the basis for using federal authority in: the expansion of voting rights to women. the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. the passage of the americans with disabilities act. all of the choices.

President nixon resigned from office in 1974 after he was informed that the senate would impeach him, as allowed in the constitution, for his actions in the watergate scandal. one of the key reasons that nixon’s actions became public was a) the freedom of press guaranteed by the first amendment. b) the right to confront witnesses as guaranteed by the sixth amendment. c) the limitation of judicial powers as defined in article 3 of the constitution. d) the prohibition against illegal search and seizure as guaranteed by the fourth amendment.