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Excerpt from Writ of Habeas Corpus: Ex-Parte Merryman On the other hand, the Attorney General has given to Congress an Official Opinion, in which he clearly justifies the arrest Of Merryman, and all others who, in the Opinion of the President, are implicated in the rebellion. In support of this view is the unanimous concur rence of the Cabinet, composed of men, many of whom are eminent lawyers, who would not disgrace a position on the bench of the Supreme Court. The Attorney General holds the same position now as the Chief Justice did before his elevation to the bench, and is believed by many to be fully as well qualified for the office. Other distinguished jurists have volunteered opinions on one side or the other. The weight Of authority would seem to he, therefore, strongly in favor of the President. An attempt will now be made to show that the power of the President to do what he has done, is clearly inferrable from the Constitution and the existing laws of Congress; that this view of the subject has been fully sanctioned by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that the Chief Justice himself has advanced propositions that are utterly inconsistent with his decision in the Merryman case, and with the doctrines contained in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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