The Supreme Court Rules Gitmo Detainees Can use Civilian Courts. They have the right to be tried in US Federal Court , not military court. This gives them the same rights as you or I would
They have the rights of habias corpus just like we... read entire post
Today the bill to restore habeas corpus failed. As you can guess, the republicans voted against it.... read entire post
Kickingcrow
posted on Jun 15, 2008
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Tags: Constitution, habeas corpus, SCOTUS
"We have disappointed so many countries who looked up to us in the past as the beacon of freedom and human rights."... read entire post
bloc
posted on Feb 27, 2007
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Tags: Obama, politics, habeas corpus, His father is muslim
This is Obama on the repeal of habeas corpus.... read entire post
I'm not a fan of Bush, not by a long shot. I am a supporter of the Iraq war, though I'm slowly losing faith in it for reasons of my own. The thing is that I quite often hear people claiming that George Bush is a terrorist. I've always thought that to... read entire post
Jose Padilla isn't even his real name!... read entire post
"Or, as Thomas Jefferson put it in his 1789 letter to Thomas Paine: "I consider [trial by jury] as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution."... read entire post
bloc
posted on May 10, 2007
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Tags: politics, habeas corpus, Democrats, the constitution
Dems don't restore habeas in defense bill... read entire post
Witness the road to tyranny first hand.... read entire post
woo-hoo! no restriction on the president designating a US citizen an "enemy combatant" and thereby being stripped of rights! what a glorious victory in the war on terror! yes, that's sarcasm, folks.... read entire post
bloc
posted on Jan 31, 2007
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Tags: politics, bush, torture, Bravo, habeas corpus, reality
"Many detainees at Gitmo have been released - because they were never guilty of anything, merelky subkect to bounty-hunters in Pakistan ... The government knows they are innocent so what does it do? ... it has locked them up in round-the-clock solitary"... read entire post
The Democrats are often very disappointing, but today is a clear example that the Democrats and the Republicans are not the same. That it does matter which we have in office.... read entire post
Enough can't be said about Gonzalez' attempted denial of habeas corpus. Colbert nails it, and makes it funny, but let's not forget how serious this is.... read entire post
"I'm told there's an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday.
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Now's the time to let th... read entire post
"Leahy and Specter have introduced a bill to restore the Great Writ in the United States. If you care about American liberty, there is no greater cause right now."... read entire post