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April 27th, 2007

President Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus

That’s what the newspaper headlines read across America on April 27th, 1861 when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in the confederate border state of Maryland (also a slave state) due to the fear that Maryland might secede from the Union.  If secession occurred, it […]

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January 16th, 2007

Photo of the Week - Inside The Supreme Court

Looking up the marble spiral staircase off the Great Hall at the Supreme Court Building.
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