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.
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.
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.
only if public safety is in jeopardy (grad point);)
Lincoln violated the constitution by suspending the writs of Habeas Corpus.
No. The Constitution forbids Bills of Attainder, where the Congress declares a person to be guilty of a crime by passing legislation to that effect. The Constitution preserves the Writ of Habeas Corpus except under very limited and specific circumstances.
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.
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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.
habeas corpus
No. The Constitution provides that Habeas Corpus may be suspended, if in times of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. However, there is no provision for suspending the Constitution. Doing so would be unconstitutional.
suspended habeas corpus
Habeas Corpus suspended anyone who supported the confederates.
Article 1 Section 9 Word for word from the Constitution. "Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."
Habeas Corpus - when he arrested leading Maryland politicians who had Confederate sympathies.
It's in article one, section nine and reads... 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.
Lincoln
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.