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LITMUS TEST; Will the Democrats revisit military Habeas Corpus Debate

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Sun, 2006-11-12 23:20 — jhaynes

Democrats Will Revisit Military Habeas Corpus Debate - An effort to restore habeas corpus rights for enemy combatants could be the first test of the Democrats' resolve to change course in the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Truthout]

Is the Left going to fulfill its promises?
Or are they merely place keepers for the "New World Order" Reich

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Fri, 2006-11-17 11:30 — upnorthkyosa
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It will be at least two years...

Regardless of what the democrats want to do, it will be at least two years before habeas corpus will be reinstated for every American citizen (that's right - all American citizens have had this removed because you can be detained and you will have absolutely no rights to challenge anything about it in court...it doesn't matter whether your challenge is that you are a citizen or whether or not you are even a combatant.).

Given the attention span of most Americans, I can see this being and issue right away. Mr. Bush will refuse to sign the changes. And then everyone will forget.

We'll see...

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

Tue, 2006-11-21 00:28 — b-rad
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What is wll known in that

What is wll known in that both the Senate and the H.O.R. voted to pass this bill and signed by the executive branch (aka Bush). But still has to pass the Supreme Court rulings. The Supreme Court has been stacked by the Bush Administration.

If this law is passed, we also have to worry about the laws that will "ride" other bills that our representatives will add to bills. What is important is that these people in our highest courts in fact do have opinions outside of due law that effect us all.

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