He wanted to jail people who opposed his policies.
because they was all fat asses
President Lincoln was unsure how the slave holding border states in the Union would react to his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the Fall of 1862. To ensure that there would be no problems or riots in the North over this, he used his executive power to suspend habeas corpus. As an aside, later judicial experts would claim that Lincoln misused his authority to suspend civil liberties.
To enable him to jail the pro-Confederate leaders in the slave-state of Maryland, to keep that state in te Union.
In order to keep Maryland's pro-Southern leaders in jail, so that Maryland would stay loyal.
War forces presidents to suspend luxuries afforded during peace time. This was during the civil war and he needed the public opinion to be on the side of the North
Yes. It kept Maryland onside. The consequences of losing Maryland to the Confederates would have been unthinkable, with Washington totally surrounded by enemy states.
suspended habeas corpus
Lincoln
Lincoln violated the constitution by suspending the writs of Habeas Corpus.
It wasn't a who, it was a what: he suspended habeas corpus.
They both suspended the habeas corpus.
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.
He suspended the right of habeas corpus.
It was President Abraham Lincoln who suspended the writ of habeas corpus during the American Civil War. Lincoln was the nation's 16th President.
By twice suspending the writ of habeas corpus.
The right of "habeas corpus".
suspend the writ of habeas corpus
no, because habeas corpus is a right that everyone should have! What if u got accused of murder, and you didn't do any murder! You would want habeas corpus, but instead you would have been thrown into jail! *by the way I'm 11