The provisions of May's bill were included in the March 1863 Habeas Corpus Act in which Congress finally authorized Lincoln to suspend habeas corpus, but required actual indictments for suspected traitors. The "political prisoners" affected included Baltimore newspaper editor, and vocal Lincoln critic, Frank Key Howard, who had been a co-prisoner with May, and was also a grand-nephew of Chief Justice Taney's wife Anne Key, (Francis Scott Key's sister).
The provisions of May's bill were incorporated into the March 1863 Habeas Corpus Act, which authorized Lincoln to suspend habeas corpus while requiring actual indictments for suspected traitors. The "political prisoners" affected included Baltimore newspaper editor and vocal Lincoln critic Frank Key Howard, who had been a co-prisoner with May and was also a grand-nephew of Chief Justice Taney's wife Anne Key.