Habeas Corpus

Was Obama following Lincoln?

by Brion McClanahan | Aug 9, 2022 | Audio/Video, Habeas Corpus, Other Voices

In 2012, Barack Obama signed the NDAA into law, a bill that suspended the writ of habeas corpus in the United States. Not many noticed, and Obama himself tried to downplay the significance of the bill by issuing a “signing statement” designed to soften the...

Indefinite Detention for Everyone?

by Michael Boldin | Mar 25, 2020 | Audio/Video, Habeas Corpus, Path to Liberty

Never let a crisis go to waste. Politicians have always used emergencies to sneak in more power and control for themselves. And the current one is no different. The DOJ is asking Congress for powers that would represent an “unacceptable blow to Habeas...

Habeas Corpus: How it has been Nationalized to the Detriment of Liberty

by Michael Boldin | Jun 28, 2016 | Audio/Video, Constitution, Habeas Corpus, Nullification, Speeches

At the Tenth Amendment Center’s Nullify Now conference on May 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, Anthony Gregory, author of “The Power of Habeas Corpus in America,” gives a brief and extremely interesting overview of Habeas Corpus in both British and American...

Minnesota Legislature considering Liberty Preservation Act against NDAA

by Dave Benner | Apr 3, 2014 | Habeas Corpus, NDAA, State Bills

A Liberty Preservation Act that would help thwart the unconstitutional indefinite detention efforts of the federal government has been introduced in Minnesota. SF2854 is “a bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting persons from assisting the federal...

Where is the Power to Suspend Habeas Corpus?

by Rob Natelson | Aug 19, 2013 | Constitution, Founding Principles, Habeas Corpus

The Constitution’s Suspension Clause (Art. I, Section 9, cl. 2) limits when the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended. But the Constitution doesn’t seem to grant the federal government power to suspend the writ in the first place. Why not? And why limit a power never...

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Was Obama following Lincoln?

Indefinite Detention for Everyone?

Habeas Corpus: How it has been Nationalized to the Detriment of Liberty

Minnesota Legislature considering Liberty Preservation Act against NDAA

Where is the Power to Suspend Habeas Corpus?

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