Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the united States, on the Maryland Circuit decides Ex parte Merryman: neither the president nor military officers have the authorization to suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus.  That power is reserved to Congress only.

       Postscripts:

• Republican (nationalist) President Abraham Lincoln is so angered by this decision that he orders Taney arrested, and continues jailing up to 30,000 State sovereign Citizens, denying them due process.
• Despite this ruling, articles of impeachment against Lincoln were never introduced in the House of Representatives.

       NOTE: Fortunately, the u.S. Marshal’s Office refused to carry out Lincoln’s order. 

       [updated 12/29/2023]

       But the S.O.B. didn’t arrest Lincoln either.  Jackson was right, the supreme Court can make rulings all day, but the President has the Army.  Feed the arrest of Lincoln in mid-1861, and his impeachment and replacement, to the Alternate Time Line guys.  This could have been a decisive turning back to the Rule of Law, and within its Lawful bounds.  Maybe this entry ought to ripple or blink, or do that and play Taps for the Republic.  We owe the United States Marshal’s office a kudo for past good deeds, and an historical kick in the ass for not following a better course of action.  Lincoln, out of power by 1862, might have saved 300,000 American lives, and prolonged slavery in the Confederacy??  We will never know. —- JL