Apparently only three months out of the year in 1861 -- that's how long Congress met for. Too bad if a revolution or rebellion crop up during the other nine months, I guess.
There is nothing in the Constitution to prevent the president from suspending the Writ.
Walt
But see, the Constitution is a Grant of powers that never existed. Powers not granted do not exist. You have to find the place that gives the President the Power to suspend the writ. You can't, and therefore, it's not granted.
You see, the Government is not like the People. In fact, the Government is kind of an upside down case, or opposite of, the People. It doesn't start of with a bunch of rights, and only those that it gives up are the ones it loses. It starts out with no rights, and only the ones that we give it, are the ones that it has. We never gave the President the right to suspend Habeas Corpus. Suspending the right is a legislative prerogative, that's why we put it in Article I, and only in the certain cases we described, may the Congress suspend it.