What authority does the federal courts have to grant writs of habeas corpus?
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The following excerpt is from Henderson v. I.N.S., 157 F.3d 106, 1998 WL 665783 (2nd Cir. 1998):
6 The explicit authority to grant writs of habeas corpus was given to the federal courts in the Judiciary Act of 1789, 14, 1 Stat. 73, 81-82. See Felker v. Turpin, 518 U.S. 651, 661, 116 S.Ct. 2333, 135 L.Ed.2d 827 (1996) (describing this provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789 as the direct ancestor of the current 2241).
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