 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...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," is the...ordinary courts of justice are inadequate to "cases of rebellion" — attests their purpose that, in such cases, men may be held in custody whom the courts,... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - History - 1990 - 285 pages
...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," is the...rebellion"—attests their purpose that, in such cases, men [sic] may be held in custody whom the courts, acting on ordinary rules, would discharge. . . . and... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - History - 1990 - 285 pages
...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," is the...ordinary courts of justice are inadequate to "cases of rebellion" — attests their purpose that, in such cases, men [sic] may be held in custody whom the... | |
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... is the provision which specially applies to our present case. This provision plainly attests the understanding of those who made the Constitution, that ordinary courts of justice are inadequate to 'cases of rebellion... 
