Habeas Corpus Rights

Throw the Constitution out the Window

Submitted by AlDem13 on June 18, 2008 - 5:32pm.
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Yeah right

"The judiciary should not have a check on the legislative or executive branches. "

These are the words of Sen. Jeff Sessions this morning in an article regarding his opinion of the U.S Supreme Court decision last week regarding Guantanamo prisoners.

As the story goes, the Supremes decided 5-4 that the U.S. Government is violating the rights of terrorism suspects as Guantanamo Bay by not giving them a right to argue in Civil court.

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CT - Dodd - Habeas Corpus Rights

Submitted by early-bird on November 21, 2006 - 6:10am.
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Geiger on Dodd's Neutering of Bush's Torture Law <!-- Hotlist crap --> Excerpt

http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/frontPage.do

http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2005/03/kill-bill-neutering-bushs-torture-law.html

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Cross Kos: Sen. Leahy Will Seek To Resore Habeas Corpus Rights

Submitted by early-bird on November 12, 2006 - 3:04am.
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Leahy to Seek to Restore Habeas Corpus Rights

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/11/181243/88

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by jorndorff  Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 03:12:43 PM PST

(HT to TalkLeft and How Appealing)

From the California Daily Journal:

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