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"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed thatA) southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union.B) his duty was to protect federal installations from assault.C) the election of 1860 was a fraud.D) southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union.E) the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union.
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