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of Habeas Corpus should extend to citizens, only read the words of Senator Thurman upon the Fourteenth Amendment

"In the next place, coming to the provisions of the Constitution, we find what are the rights, privileges, and immunities of the people in their character of citizens of the United States. We find them by looking at the prohibitions contained in the Constitution against the infringement of certain rights, privileges, and immunities which belong to the people, and  which, by their prohibitions are recognized as rights that belong to a citizen of the United States, and of which he cannot be deprived. Thus, [[strikethrough]]Mr. President[[/strikethrough]], in the Constitution itself we find what is equivalent to a definition of these rights, not simply in the amendments, but in the original Constitution also. For instance, look at section nine of the first article of the Constitution: 'The privilege of the writ of [[underline]]habeas corpus[[/underline]] shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.'

That prohibits the Government from depriving a citizen of the United States of the privilege of that writ except in the specified cases. The right of the writ becomes thereby a right of
an American citizen, guaranteed to him by the Constitution of the United States, recognized

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