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To: Sherman Logan

Ahh, okay. So the Constitution is suspended when there is a war. Sounds great.


69 posted on 09/27/2009 1:34:19 PM PDT by GoldStandard
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To: GoldStandard
So the Constitution is suspended when there is a war.

Nope. But Congress is by the Constitution quite explicitly given power to suspend habeas corpus during time of war or insurrection.

82 posted on 09/28/2009 6:41:18 AM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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