Roger Taney
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Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who found Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional in Ex parte Merryman.
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William Berry
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Conspiracy Museum
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Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Company
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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Republican Party
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- Person Abraham Lincoln - Chief Justice Roger Taney found Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional in Ex parte Merryman. Official Document
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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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