Habeas corpus
is Latin for "that you have the body." In the US system, federal courts can use the writ of habeas
corpus to determine if a state's detention of a prisoner is valid. A writ of habeas corpus is used to
bring a prisoner or other detainee (e.g. institutionalized mental patient) before the court to determine
if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful.
The United States Constitution states that the “writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended (done
away with), unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”
Please refer to the text above and handout #22 on Internment Camps (blue) to respond
to the constructed response prompt.
You need:
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a topic sentence
3-6 text-based, detailed sentences to support your topic sentence
a concluding sentence
proper capitalization and punctuation
Prompt:
Yes or No: was the internment of Japanese Americans a violation of the writ of habeas
corpus? Provide details to support your position.
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