Legal experts and Democrats are pulling their hair out over this one.
Why?
The administration is considering suspending habeas corpus.
The writ lets detainees challenge government evidence before a judge.
Curious that liberals are the ones freaking out over this.
Has this ever been done before?
Let’s look into it.
Breitbart asks some great questions regarding this:
Are there any exceptions to habeas corpus in the Constitution? Any clause starting with “unless”?
Has it ever been suspended before in our history? When, and by whom?
Democrats don’t want you to ask these questions. https://t.co/itGV4JkO5a
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 13, 2025
So those questions again are:
1. Are there any exceptions to habeas corpus in the Constitution?
2. Any clause starting with “unless”?
3.Has it ever been suspended before in our history?
4. When
5. By whom?
If only we had a machine that could find those answers quickly. Like AI:
1 Exceptions in the Constitution
The Constitution itself creates no positive exceptions to the privilege of the writ—rather, it bars suspension of habeas corpus except under very limited circumstances.2 Clause beginning “unless…”
Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 states:“The 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.”
ADVERTISEMENT3 Has it ever been suspended?
Yes.
4 When?
April 27, 1861: President Lincoln first authorized suspension along the rail line between Philadelphia and Washington.
March 3, 1863: Congress passed the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, formally sanctioning suspension nationwide for the remainder of the Civil War.
5 By whom?
President Abraham Lincoln (April 1861 order).
United States Congress (Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, March 3, 1863).
NBC whines, I mean, reports:
Legal experts and Democrats expressed growing alarm over the weekend that Trump administration officials are openly discussing unilaterally suspending habeas corpus — a bedrock American legal right — without the approval of Congress.
The writ of habeas corpus, which dates back centuries, grants anyone detained in the U.S. the right to see a judge, challenge the government’s evidence against them and present a defense.
But White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller downplayed its significance on Friday, suggesting that the administration could move to suspend it unilaterally. “That’s an option we’re actively looking at,” Miller told reporters at the White House.
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It’s almost like those that know are most likely to be affected by this are the ones crying.
Funny how The Lincoln Project (a liberal organization hides behind Lincoln’s name) is against the suspension of habeas corpus when it was Lincoln who suspended it. Haha!
That’s why they want citizens dumb and uneducated about our past. To manipulate us.
>entire organization based around lincoln
>mad about the suspension of habeas corpus https://t.co/3Hv5IXjWbX pic.twitter.com/bhdN9XWrqP— Coopdog
(@Coopdog32777690) May 9, 2025
This is how America remembers Presidents who suspend habeas corpus. https://t.co/r19eGcUbkO pic.twitter.com/enhEJzx3ac
— Pvt A B (@col_a_buendia) May 9, 2025
We’re getting close.
It is high time for habeas corpus to be suspended
— nQthing to see here (@NQthing2see) May 11, 2025
Let’s hear what the man himself has to say about it:
True.
“More rogues than honest men find shelter under habeas corpus.”
-Abraham Lincoln pic.twitter.com/BBYF5AOQ7t
— Michael Sebastian (@HonorAndDaring) April 26, 2025
They need to add that quote to Disneyland’s Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln debuted at Disneyland on July 18, 1965. The attraction was first seen at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, where Lincoln was originally voiced by Royal Dano. #AbrahamLincoln pic.twitter.com/JjJwCY2Byz
— Walt Disney Archives (@TWDCArchives) July 18, 2018
And here’s a bonus color photo of the legend:
Meeting with President Abraham Lincoln, 1862 pic.twitter.com/BnlLOk8BWl
— Mirthful Moments (@moment_mirthful) December 18, 2024
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