When Lincoln Said ‘No’ To SCOTUS… And How It Relates To Biglaw

The Trump administration infamously doesn’t perceive how habeas corpus works, however when cornered are fast to level to Abraham Lincoln suspending the writ in the course of the Civil Struggle, suggesting that Trump may do the identical as a result of folks with short-term standing ready on citizenship are kinda like Accomplice saboteurs. Lincoln in the end pulled again from the suspension till granted approval by Congress, BUT he did refuse to acquiesce to the Supreme Courtroom when Chief Justice Roger Taney tried to carry the army governor of Maryland in contempt for refusing to show over the topic of Ex Parte Merryman.
What was that army governor’s Biglaw connection?
Trace: His second cousin, who had graduated from Harvard Legislation the yr earlier than the Merryman episode, would go on to huge issues in Biglaw.
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