Congressman Clement L. Vallandingham of Ohio was arrested by 67 Federal agents at his Dayton home in the middle of the night. He was tried by a military tribunal and deported on the orders of Abraham Lincoln.
He was arrested under Lincoln’s orders not US Congress’s.
Poor example, IMHO. Lincoln had no regard for the Constitution in general and the Bill of Rights in particular.
But that was the Executive branch arresting a congressman. I guess our poster wants to know if that shoe will fit on another foot.
BTW, where did they deport the guy to, wasn’t he a US Citizen? Since it’s Lincoln I assume this is Civil War related, but maybe that’s not right?