 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge vazviparadzanisi vaparadza mabhiriji anokosha nemitsetse yetelegraph muhurumende yemuganhu yeMaryland, Lincoln akamisa gwaro rehabeas corpus muruzhinji rwehurumende. Kurambidzwa kwacho kwaiita kuti vakuru vakuru vemauto vasunge vanhu vaifungidzirwa kuti vari kuda kuparadzana nehurumende uye vavaise mujeri kwenguva isingazivikanwi uye pasina kutongwa. Pashure pokumukira kweBaltimore kwa1861, vakuru vehurumende vakasunga muparamende wenyika John Merryman, uyo wavaifungira kuti akaparadza zvivako zveHurumende. Vakuru vehurumende vakabvumira Merryman kuonana nemagweta ake, ayo akaendesa chikumbiro chehabeas corpus kudare redunhu reMaryland. Somutungamiriri wedare redunhu iroro, Taney akatonga nyaya yaEx parte Merryman. Taney akataura kuti Congress chete ndiyo yaiva nesimba rokumisa gwaro rehabeas corpus, uye akarayira kuti Merryman asunungurwe. Lincoln akashandisa kusazviisa pasi semhinduro kumurayiro waTaney pamwe chete nemirairo yaTaney yakatevera. Gare gare akataura kuti Bumbiro remitemo rakapa mutungamiri wenyika simba rekumisa gwaro re habeas corpus achiti Zvino zvinonzi Congress, kwete Executive, ine simba iri; asi Bumbiro remitemo pacharo rinonyarara kuti ndiani kana kuti ndiani anofanira kushandisa simba; uye sezvo hurongwa hwacho hwakaitwa zvakajeka kuti huve nenjodzi inotyisa, hazvigone kutendwa kuti vagadziri vechirongwa ichi vaida kuti muzviitiko zvese njodzi inofanira kuenderera mberi kudzamara Congress yaunganidzwa pamwe chete, kuungana kwacho kunogona kudzivirirwa, sezvakanga zvichida muchiitiko ichi, nekupandukira. Kunyange zvakadaro, apo Lincoln akamisa habeas corpus pamwero mukuru zvikuru, akazviita bedzi pashure pokukumbira kuti Congress imubvumire kumbomisa gwaro racho, iro ivo vakaita kupfurikidza nokupasa Habeas Corpus Suspension Act ra 1863. 