Originally Posted By: Kanektok Kid
Like I posted earlier, while Lincoln suspended habeas, it was during a period of 'rebellion', just like it says in the Constitution.
Article 1 Section 8, I think.

Some of you guys ought to read it sometime, you might change your view.

We are not in a period of 'rebellion' or 'invasion', so Bush's declaration would not be Constitutional.

Conservatives haven't figured that out yet, they have their collective heads buried in the sand, worrying about things like Gay Marriage and the 'War on Christmas'.............

Barry Goldwater would roll over in his grave.


You should take your own advise and read it yourself. Congress has that power not the President. 1st time he suspended it in 1861 was in the rebellious states and he did it when congress was not in session. In 1862 after taking alot of heat from a group called the Copperhead democrats he suspended it in the rest of the states for the duration. After the war the supreme court declared all the military tribunals during the war unconstiutional because of this.What Lincoln did was probably unconstitutional and he as much as said so in saying that "violating the Constitution was required in order to save it". I don't know how you Liberals are any different than the conservatives doing all the same things, burying your head in the sand worrying about making sure that gays are able to marry and that Christmas can't be celebrated publically.