The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invas the public safety may require it. Rebellion or. And this is critical invasion. He is right. The writ has been suspended three times. Once under President Lincoln during the Civil War. He tried to do it unilaterally in 1861. Supreme Court slapped him down. You know what Lincoln did? He went ahead anyway. He eventually did get a bill passed in 1863. (1:15:35–1:15:42)
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Asserts that the writ of habeas corpus was suspended during the Civil War under President Lincoln.
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