Article I, section 9, clause 2 of the Constitution prohibits abridgement of it except in such circumstances as war, as when the Civil War led Lincoln to suspend it.
A "total exhaustion rule" for considering it was created in Rose v. Lundy, while abuses of it were discussed in McCleskey v. Kemp. The power to alter it has been considered to reside exclusively with Congress ever since Ex Parte Merryman. Article I, section 9, clause 2 of the Constitution prohibits abridgement of it except in such circumstances as war, as when the Civil War led Lincoln to suspend it. For 10 points, name this action used by prisoners to demand a cause for detention, literally meaning, "May you have the body."
A "total exhaustion rule" for considering it was created in Rose v. Lundy, while abuses of it were discussed in McCleskey v. Kemp.
writ of {habeas corpus}