Suspension Clause

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The Suspension Clause is the constitutional provision that protects the writ of habeas corpus by limiting when and under what extraordinary circumstances the government may suspend it.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Habeas Corpus Suspension Clause ⓘ
linked to: Suspension Clause
appliesDuring times of invasion ⓘ
times of rebellion ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of the United States ⓘ
category Clauses of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Habeas corpus in the United States ⓘ
centralIssueInCase Boumediene v. Bush ⓘ
Ex parte Merryman ⓘ
Ex parte Milligan ⓘ
Felker v. Turpin ⓘ
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld ⓘ
INS v. St. Cyr ⓘ
Johnson v. Eisentrager ⓘ
Swain v. Pressley ⓘ
United States v. Klein ⓘ
conditionForSuspension Cases of Invasion ⓘ
Cases of Rebellion ⓘ
when the public safety may require it ⓘ
ensures availability of habeas corpus review in federal courts ⓘ
foundInDocument Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
foundInSection Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalContext drafting of the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
influencedBy English common law ⓘ
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
limits suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
limitsPowerOf Congress of the United States ⓘ
Executive branch of the United States ⓘ
locatedInBranch legislative branch provisions of the Constitution ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
protects privilege of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
protectsAgainst arbitrary detention by the government ⓘ
indefinite detention without judicial review ⓘ
purpose to ensure judicial review of executive detention through habeas corpus ⓘ
to restrict government power to suspend habeas corpus to extraordinary circumstances ⓘ
relatedConcept due process of law ⓘ
individual liberty ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
national security ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
war powers ⓘ
relatedTo Great Writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
linked to: Habeas Corpus
requires determination that public safety requires suspension ⓘ
text The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boumediene v. Bush → held → the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution has full effect at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
linked to: Suspension Clause
Boumediene v. Bush → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Suspension Clause ⓘ
Ex parte Merryman → relatedTo → Suspension Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Suspension Clause
Ex parte Quirin → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Suspension Clause ⓘ
Suspension Clause → alsoKnownAs → Habeas Corpus Suspension Clause ⓘ
linked to: Suspension Clause
Johnson v. Eisentrager → constitutionalProvisionDiscussed → Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Suspension Clause