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To: oceanview
"actually, this is exactly why Lincoln suspended Habeas during the civil war."

Ruled illegal in Ex Parte Milligan (1866). Didn't I already point this out to you on another thread? Or am I thinking of someone else?
196 posted on 12/22/2005 1:18:45 AM PST by NJ_gent (Modernman should not have been banned.)
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To: NJ_gent

judicial opinions are just that - opinions of the judge making the ruling at the time, they hold no special weight when considering what is right or wrong.


262 posted on 12/22/2005 2:36:24 PM PST by oceanview
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