To: wideawake
I'm not sure any president has the lawful authority to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus.
But nobody stopped Lincoln when he did it.
9 posted on
04/04/2008 11:33:08 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
"The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."
Since it is the responsibility of the executive to provide a writ of habeas corpus, the suspension of the writ would entail the executive not providing it - but not providing it only in the circumstances above described.
15 posted on
04/04/2008 11:42:23 AM PDT by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: BenLurkin
yes they did (supreme court) stopped him.
30 posted on
04/04/2008 12:16:37 PM PDT by
tampacon
( NO more Bushes or Clintons!)
To: BenLurkin
The Supreme Court did. Then Lincoln got Congress to suspend the writ, which was upheld
59 posted on
04/04/2008 1:10:43 PM PDT by
ChurtleDawg
(voting only encourages them)
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