Ex Parte Merryman is the applicable habeas case and Chief Judge Taney clearly and convincingly demonstrates Lincoln had no Consitutional right to suspend habeas corpus, since that is the perview of the Congress, not the executive. There is no serious debate about that fact and the case remains the law of the land to this day. Ex parte Milligan was a post war case. JD South <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html