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To: GOPcapitalist
More specifically, it says that it may only be suspended by Congress, which implied by necessity an act of legislation.

Nonsense. It only says that habeas corpus cannot be suspended except when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety requires it. Nowhere does it specifically say that only congress can suspend it. And nowhere does it say that it requires an act of legislature to do it.

662 posted on 01/21/2004 3:52:58 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Nonsense. It only says that habeas corpus cannot be suspended except when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety requires it. Nowhere does it specifically say that only congress can suspend it. And nowhere does it say that it requires an act of legislature to do it

The constitution specifically says in the article containing the habeas corpus power that "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States." That means Congress and Congress alone may suspend it.

So exactly what is it about the phrase "shall be vested in a Congress of the United States" that you do not understand, non-seq?

676 posted on 01/21/2004 7:56:50 AM PST by GOPcapitalist
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