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struggle4progress

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8. My summary (as a non-lawyer): The Constitution and Federal Statute require extradition,
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:28 AM
Jan 2021

but (as with other arrests), the lawfulness can be contested by habeas corpus (unless the writ be suspended for insurrection or similar threat to public safety)

I expect refusal to honor a lawful extradition request would produce a suit and subsequent order to honor it, but the lawfulness could be contested by the detainee with a habeas action; in the current context, suspension of the habeas right is unlikely to be considered or upheld

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