Yes, the Republicans are the new dumb. Perhaps they haven't always been that way. . .but even our most beloved President pulled things that you would be drummed out of office for today. . .
In 1861 and 1862, President Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeus Corpus. Habeus corpus, put simply, is a writ ordering that a prisoner be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not the prisoner is being imprisoned lawfully. Habeus Corpus essentially prevents us from holding someone prisoner indefinitely without trial.
During the civil war, in 1861, Link suspended habeus corpus due to massive riots, and a threat by the slave state Maryland that it would secede from the Union (and therefore leave Washington, D.C., in the south). The suspension was also intended to tame the Copperheads, or Peace Democrats, and anyone in the Union who supported the Confederacy. Lincoln's order was overturned by the U.S. Circuit Court. But Lincoln did nothing to reinstate the doctrine. On the other hand, The Confederate Prez, old Jeff Davis, also suspended Habeas Corpus and imposed martial law.
Habeus Corpus was not actually restored until 1866, long after Lincoln's assassination.
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