Citizenship, National Security Detention, and the Habeas Remedy

Abstract

Introduction ............................................................................................ 868 I. Situating the Debate ............................................................................ 871 II. Pre-Constitutional History ................................................................. 877 A. The English Experience ....................................................... 879 1. The English Privilege .................................................... 880 2. English Suspension ........................................................ 882 B. The American Experience ................................................... 884 C. The Coverage Rule .............................................................. 888 1. The major premise ......................................................... 890 2. The minor premise ......................................................... 892 3. The conclusion, and the history of which privilege? ..... 893 III. Verdicts on History ........................................................................... 895 A. President Lincoln and the Civil War .................................... 896 B. President Roosevelt and World War II ................................ 898 C. President George W. Bush and the War on Terror .............. 901 IV. The Thickness Plank ......................................................................... 903 A. The Extent of Citizen Detention .......................................... 904 1. Hamdi and Padilla .......................................................... 904 2. John Doe ........................................................................ 906 B. Wartime Flexibility and Incapacitation Strategies ............... 908 C. Suspension-as-Authorization ............................................... 914 V. The Coverage Plank ........................................................................... 918