Analysis Of Abraham Lincoln's Suspension Of The Habeas Corpus

In times where Americans needed liberty the most, that is where they found it the least. As Justice David Davis once said, “By the protection of the law human rights are secured; withdraw that protection, and they are at the mercy of wicked rulers, or the clamor of an excited people,” (Source D). During the Civil War, there lied the question of wrong or right in the actions of our authority figures we entrusted our life, liberty, and happiness into the most. This remained so, with President Abraham Lincoln’s suspension of the Habeas Corpus, a writ that maintained the liberties of the accused, but was ultimately suspended by the uncontrollable peril the United State’s authorities felt they were receiving from the surrounding states.The suspension