LEADER 03912nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910786203803321 005 20230725034800.0 010 $a0-674-06325-2 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674063259 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276912 035 $a(EBL)3301173 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424373 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10729903 035 $a(PQKB)10359911 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301173 035 $a(DE-B1597)178130 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963067 035 $a(OCoLC)1029828590 035 $a(OCoLC)1032681495 035 $a(OCoLC)1037980728 035 $a(OCoLC)1041996262 035 $a(OCoLC)1046610885 035 $a(OCoLC)1047013212 035 $a(OCoLC)1049626731 035 $a(OCoLC)1054863694 035 $a(OCoLC)840435917 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674063259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627468 035 $a(OCoLC)819323267 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276912 100 $a20110323d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe body of John Merryman$b[electronic resource] $eAbraham Lincoln and the suspension of habeas corpus /$fBrian McGinty 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-06155-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index. 327 $aThe challenge -- Conflicted ground -- The squire of Hayfields -- The writ and the suspension -- All the laws but one -- Weighing in -- The courts -- A gentleman still -- The great tribunal. 330 $aIn April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. This allowed army officers to arrest and indefinitely detain persons who were interfering with military operations in the area. When John Merryman, a wealthy Marylander suspected of burning bridges to prevent the passage of U.S. troops to Washington, was detained in Fort McHenry, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Roger Taney, declared the suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional and demanded Merryman's immediate release. Lincoln defied Taney's order, offering his own forceful counter-argument for the constitutionality of his actions. Thus the stage was set for one of the most dramatic personal and legal confrontations the country has ever witnessed.The Body of John Merryman is the first book-length examination of this much-misunderstood chapter in American history. Brian McGinty captures the tension and uncertainty that surrounded the early months of the Civil War, explaining how Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was first and foremost a military action that only subsequently became a crucial constitutional battle. McGinty's narrative brings to life the personalities that drove this uneasy standoff and expands our understanding of the war as a legal-and not just a military, political, and social-conflict. The Body of John Merryman is an extraordinarily readable book that illuminates the contours of one of the most significant cases in American legal history-a case that continues to resonate in our own time. 606 $aWar and emergency powers$zUnited States 606 $aHabeas corpus$zUnited States 610 $aEx parte Merryman (1861) 615 0$aWar and emergency powers 615 0$aHabeas corpus 676 $a347.73/5 686 $aPL 732$qBVB$2rvk 700 $aMcGinty$b Brian$0460905 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786203803321 996 $aThe body of John Merryman$93780125 997 $aUNINA