When this U.S. president suspended habeas corpus, some critical reporters went to jail
There were, however, instances in which President Lincoln did find it ... might 
overtake the capital, suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial ... 
With that order in place, Burnside went after anti-war protesters, most ... Freedom 
of discussion and criticism, he declared, which is proper  in... [DOC] [TLE] Losing Habeas Corpus - "A More Dangerous Engine of Arbitrary ... [PAR] Nov 14, 2005 ... "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without ... Habeas corpus is 
roughly Latin for "hold the body," and is used in law to mean that a government 
must either charge a person with a crime or let them go free.