[4CJ]

That one doesn't apply either. Nice try though.

What part of this don't you understand?

The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.

[capitan_refugio]

Please note the principle discussed in Dow v Johnson in my #1365. Milligan pertained to a Union citizen in Union territory. The Court ruled that military tribunals and marshal law were not permissible outside of the theater of war. You quotation, therefore, is out of context. The later Dow case, should correct your misunderstanding. The southern insurrectionists had no claim to the constitutional rights they had previously renounced - so long as the war continued - and government by consent and constitutional principle had not yet been reestablished.

"Which part of this don't you understand?"