2016 Postmortem

sarisataka

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7. That is not suspension of law,

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:36 PM

Dec 2016

just of Habeas Corpus. Unless you wish Obama to lock Trump up to prevent his inauguration.

Lincoln did it but the courts overturned his decree. He generally ignored the rulings and did it anyway.

The last suspension of Habeas Corpus was done by Bush II. The courts did uphold a very narrow category where Habeas Corpus is not needed. Still I would rather not use Brush II as a pattern for governance.

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A question for lawyers and Constitutional experts on DU. [View all] potone Dec 2016 OP

There is little under the law Uponthegears Dec 2016 #1

Reference please nt sarisataka Dec 2016 #2

Article I Section 8 of the Constitution Uponthegears Dec 2016 #6

That is not suspension of law, sarisataka Dec 2016 #7

I cannot blame you, but Uponthegears Dec 2016 #8

The Supreme Court on martial law: onenote Dec 2016 #11

Jeez, you made me have to go to my desktop Uponthegears Dec 2016 #13

Article I, Section 8: onenote Dec 2016 #14

OMG, good point (And I mean more than just the 8/9 typo)!!!! Uponthegears Dec 2016 #16

There is no legal remedy Jersey Devil Dec 2016 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #15

The Constitution is pretty clear on the matter. Kotya Dec 2016 #4

If you want to bring up The Constitution, you should at least mention... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #9

Something you can do is call all of your "favorite" congressmen & pose that question to THEM mtnsnake Dec 2016 #5

Arguably 3 things, none of which I expect to happen Lurks Often Dec 2016 #10

Trump electors don't believe it. jalan48 Dec 2016 #12