• YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I thought there was something in the constitution that let the president suspend elections if the US is at war? If not, my bad, I must have misunderstood.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      You may be thinking of Lincoln suspending the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War?

      Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2:

      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.

      Lincoln signed off on a law saying that the President could suspend the right under the same conditions.