Ex parte Merryman
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Legal case in which Chief Justice Roger Taney found Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional.
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Connected via: Abraham Lincoln
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Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Company
Connected via: Abraham Lincoln
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Roger Taney
Connected via: Abraham Lincoln
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Conspiracy Museum
Connected via: Abraham Lincoln
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William Berry
Connected via: Abraham Lincoln
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- Person Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in 1861; Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled this unconstitutional in Ex parte Merryman. Court Record
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“He suspended the writ of habeas corpus in April 1861, an action that Chief Justice Roger Taney found unconstitutional in Ex parte Merryman”Accessed: 2026-02-21
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