The writ of habeas corpus is an extraordinary remedy because it gives a court the power to release a prisoner after the prisoner has been processed through the criminal justice system, with all its procedural safeguards and appeals.
Noun. 1. Roger Brooke Taney-United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864).
A ruling by Supreme Court Justice Taney that enhanced state power and limited national power by the Courtâs decision that the U.S. Congress did not have the authority to ban slavery in territories. New Deal: Programs by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to try and bring the United States out of the Great Depression. The Great Depression