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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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