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To: Sherman Logan
“The writ of habeas corpus protects persons from harming themselves, or from being harmed by the judicial system.”

And Congress could suspend “habeas corpus” under certain circumstances. The articles do not include suspending the Constitution, as if it is suspended, then as Norman pointed out, the Government is no longer in existence.

43 posted on 03/13/2010 8:42:54 AM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 393)
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

Of course Congress cannot suspend the Constitution. But he implies that imposing martial law in and of itself constitutes such a suspension.

The Bill of Rights may be “inalienable,” but it is not “un-suspendible.”

The difference, of course, is between temporary suspension, to deal with an extreme emergency, and permanent suspension.


45 posted on 03/13/2010 8:58:05 AM PST by Sherman Logan ( .)
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