Lincoln suspended it in the civil war.
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus (a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge) during the Civil War.
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The writ of habeas corpus
According to the U.S. Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended when the public safety requires it in cases of rebellion or invasion.
yes, yes it can when a rebellion or invasion ocures
The US Constitution states that the writ of habea corpus may be suspended by Congress only in times of war, invasion, or national emergency. Congress has suspended the writ in the case of prisoners held at Guantanamo as alleged terrorists or illegal combatants. This action is controversial because the US has not been invaded, is not engaged in a declared war, and is not in a state of national emergency.
I quote from the Constitution:"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."The Patriot Act, however, passed in 2001 provides for mandatory detention of terrorist suspects.
It was President Abraham Lincoln who suspended the writ of habeas corpus during the American Civil War. Lincoln was the nation's 16th President.
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