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To: WhiskeyPapa
This of course was at odds with Taney's ruling in Merryman.

Not exactly, since the suspension of habeas corpus was rammed through the confederate congress by the Davis regime. The same piece of legislation created the habeas corpus commissioners who performed the same job as military courts did in the North. But the habeas corpus commissioners down south did their work without the need for a trial or with the oversight of a Supreme Court. And, of course, those that they jailed had no avenue of appeal. They just sat in jail and rotted, many for the sole crime of being a Union man. But that's perfectly OK with GOP and the Peeshwank.

310 posted on 04/12/2003 4:58:56 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Per Taney's ruling, only the Congress could suspend HC. So you'd need a bill go through Congress naming the persons to be picked up. Impossible of course, but Taney wanted the rebellion to succeed, apparently.

Walt

312 posted on 04/12/2003 7:14:37 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa (Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
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