Tuesday, May 27, 2008
This Day in the History of Judicial Orders, Technically Right, Morally Wrong, Ignored
On this day in 1861, Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled in, Ex Parte Merryman, that President Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was unconstitutional. Lincoln ignored the Court's ruling. He had a civil war to win. Of course habeas corpus can be suspended during a rebellion, but Congress has to do it, not the president. Whatever.
Labels: American Civil War, Suspension of Habeas Corpus
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:12 AM 
