Suspension Clause

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clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

The Suspension Clause is the constitutional provision that protects the writ of habeas corpus by limiting when and under what extraordinary circumstances the government may suspend it.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Suspension Clause canonical	3
Suspension Clause of the United States Constitution	1
the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution has full effect at Guantánamo Bay	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Habeas Corpus Suspension Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesDuring	times of invasion ⓘ times of rebellion ⓘ
appliesTo	federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Clauses of the United States Constitution ⓘ Habeas corpus in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralIssueInCase	Boumediene v. Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ Ex parte Merryman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ex parte Milligan NERFINISHED ⓘ Felker v. Turpin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamdi v. Rumsfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ INS v. St. Cyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson v. Eisentrager NERFINISHED ⓘ Swain v. Pressley NERFINISHED ⓘ United States v. Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ
conditionForSuspension	Cases of Invasion ⓘ Cases of Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ when the public safety may require it ⓘ
ensures	availability of habeas corpus review in federal courts ⓘ
foundInDocument	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundInSection	Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	drafting of the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
influencedBy	English common law ⓘ Habeas Corpus Act 1679 NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
limits	suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
limitsPowerOf	Congress of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Executive branch of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBranch	legislative branch provisions of the Constitution ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
protects	privilege of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
protectsAgainst	arbitrary detention by the government ⓘ indefinite detention without judicial review ⓘ
purpose	to ensure judicial review of executive detention through habeas corpus ⓘ to restrict government power to suspend habeas corpus to extraordinary circumstances ⓘ
relatedConcept	due process of law ⓘ individual liberty ⓘ judicial review ⓘ national security ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ war powers ⓘ
relatedTo	Great Writ of habeas corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	determination that public safety requires suspension ⓘ
text	The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution → containsClause → Suspension Clause ⓘ

U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush → held → Suspension Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Boumediene v. Bush

this entity surface form: the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution has full effect at Guantánamo Bay

U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Suspension Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Boumediene v. Bush

Ex parte Merryman → relatedTo → Suspension Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suspension Clause of the United States Constitution

Ex parte Quirin (U.S. Supreme Court case) → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Suspension Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Ex parte Quirin