If the argument of the attorney-general be sound, then the whole “privilege of the writ of habeas corpus,” under any corrupt law that any corrupt Congress may pass, will consist in the privilege of applying to a court for the writ, and being refused; or in suing out the writ, and having it quashed.
Mann warns that if the attorney-general's argument holds, the privilege of habeas corpus could be undermined by corrupt laws.
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