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.
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There are only two instance in which Habeas corpus can be suspended. These are in cases of rebellion or when public safety is at stake.
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.
Jailing pro-Confederate leaders in Maryland, to keep the state in the Union.
Yes, habeas corpus dates back to the Magna Carta. The right of habeas corpus petitions as a final type of "appeal" was adopted by America as part of English common law.
Habeas corpus is Latin for "let me have the body".
President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus (a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge) during the Civil War.