Ex parte Milligan reconsidered : race and civil liberties from the Lincoln administration to the war on terror /

"In 1869, Justice David Davis of the US Supreme Court decided Ex parte Milligan, which held that citizens could not be tried under military commissions while civilian courts were still open and there was no war. Beginning already with Ex parte McCardle (1869), however, the Court seemed to hem i...

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Other Authors / Creators:White, Jonathan W., 1979- editor.
Winger, Stewart Lance, editor.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:Project Muse. distributor.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
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