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To: Moose4
Suspending habeas corpus in Maryland?

Article I, Section 9: "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."

95 posted on 04/12/2007 11:52:45 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Article I, Section 9: "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."

Note the Article: One. Article I deals with Congress, not the executive. The scandal is not that habeas corpus was suspended--clearly, Congress has the right to do so--the scandal is that Lincoln, without the approval of Congress, suspended habeas corpus and then ignored a ruling from the Chief Justice that his actions were unconstitutional.

98 posted on 04/12/2007 11:57:00 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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