 | Geoffrey R. Stone - History - 2004 - 758 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...provision which specially applies to our present case. The provision plainly attests the understanding of those who made the Constitution, that ordinary courts... | |
 | Joseph A. Klein - Political Science - 2005 - 250 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.' Congress passed the Habeas Corpus Indemnity Act on March 3, 1863, which stated that "during... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 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...Constitution, that ordinary courts of justice are inadequate 171 to "cases of rebellion," — attests their purpose that, in such cases, men guilty of defined crime,... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Law - 2005 - 918 pages
...habeas corpus may be suspended is defined by Lincoln in a letter of June 12, 1863: [T]he habeas corpus provision plainly attests the understanding of those...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,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 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,... | |
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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... 
