Aalice.394 net.news utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!mhtsa!alice!sjb Sat Jan 16 21:52:23 1982 habeas corpus Welp, I took out the ol' notes (blew the dust off) and the encyclopedia and checked up upon our old friend. In 1861, Lincolm did suspend the writ of habeas corpus, but it was contested by Supreme Court Justice Taney -- Lincoln maintained the suspension nonetheless. It resulted in popular feeling that Congressional consent is needed to suspend the writ, but it *IS* possible (today) to suspend it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.