Day 1,783: habeas corpus, intern

During the civil war Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus; Franklin Roosevelt interned Americans without trial.

Is America dictator-proof?

Artwork of the day 
Hope in Prison
Edward Burne-Jones
Date: 1872
Style: Symbolism
Genre: allegorical painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia

Word of the day 
habeas corpus: a legal order that states that a person in prison must appear before and be judged by a court of law before he or she can be forced by law to stay in prison
intern: to put someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war:

Quote of the day
“Now I don't know why he's denying them habeas corpus. I can only assume the guys they got detained over there did something really unforgivable. Like remind Obama he was once a professor of Constitutional Law.”

― Stephen Colbert