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This Day in Legal History: Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
On April 27, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln authorized military officials to suspend the writ of habeas corpus along the rail lines between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The order came in the opening weeks of the Civil War, when Washington was vulnerable, Union troops were moving through hostile territory, and federal officials feared sabotage and rebellion along critical transportation routes.
Habeas corpus is one of the oldest protections in Anglo-American law, allowing a detained person to demand that the government justify…
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