Abraham Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus – the principle that detainees are entitled to challenge their detention in a court of law – during the Civil War, and Franklin Roosevelt interned Japanese-American citizens during the early days of World War II.
Abraham Lincoln avait suspendu l’ habeas corpus – principe qui autorise les détenus à se défendre devant un tribunal – pendant la guerre civile et Franklin Roosevelt a fait emprisonner les citoyens nippo-américains dès les premiers jours de la seconde guerre mondiale.