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cagefreesoylentgreen

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8. Lincoln's EO precedent

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 12:24 AM

Mar 2017

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=69898

I'm seriously wondering if something like that could happen today in event of a terrorist attack (false flag or not) or some other disruption, like a general strike.

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