Bulletin n. 3/2006 | ||
December 2006 | ||
Downey Arthur T. |
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The Conflict between the Chief Justice and the Chief Executive: Ex parte Merryman | ||
in Journal of Supreme Court History , November 2006 - Vol. 31 Issue 3 , 2006 , 221-234 | ||
Rarely does the clash of ideas on the scope of governmental authority get reduced to a direct conflict between leaders of the branches of government. However, early in the Civil War period, the Chief Executive and the Chief Justice confronted each other in a direct fashion. The stakes were high, because the issues related to the conflict between national security and personal liberty. | ||