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Restore Habeas Corpus
Here is the context of the Petition To Restore Habeas Corpus:
A bipartisan amendment was introduced July 9 by Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that would fix the balance of power in our government by fully restoring habeas corpus. It is amended to the Defense Reauthorization Act for FY 2008.
Our nation's values were undermined last year as a result of the Military Commissions Act, which includes a provision stripping the courts of their power to review why detainees are being held by the United States. This is your opportunity to correct this mistake. Please vote for the amendment to restore habeas corpus.
Currently, detainees at Guantanamo - and elsewhere - are denied the right to contest the legality of their detention. The lack of independent judicial review of Guantanamo detentions is harming the reputation of our nation and undermining our system of checks and balances.
As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said in ruling against the President's earlier efforts to deny the courts any role regarding detainees, "A state of war is not a blank check for the President." Congress should restore the constitutional system of checks and balances. Our courts are more than able to decide detention cases raising national security and individual liberties concerns.
I urge you to return us to our place as a role model of freedom and justice. Vote to restore habeas corpus.
Please watch these videos about Habeas Corpus:
Demything - Habeas Corpus
Villa Julie College students research the rights of the detained and the laws that are changing that affect those rights.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2B33vszxe
Olberman - "Countdown - A Law Unto Himself, Loss of Habeas Corpus"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fa1moJQMnXU
Back-Talk #3 - "Ex-Reagan Officials Accuse Bush Of War Crimes"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9tHp2CShCZ8
Alberto Gonzalez - No right of habeas corpus in Constitution?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YIFqYVAOosM
Sen Dodd at Habeas Corpus Rally
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x9MrlFBUeFg
Keith Olberman - Restoring Habeas Corpus
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cQ_pAr5ngPc
Here is where to go to sign the petition:
Petition to Restore Habeas Corpus
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/habeas_vote
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A bipartisan amendment was introduced July 9 by Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that would fix the balance of power in our government by fully restoring habeas corpus. It is amended to the Defense Reauthorization Act for FY 2008.
Our nation's values were undermined last year as a result of the Military Commissions Act, which includes a provision stripping the courts of their power to review why detainees are being held by the United States. This is your opportunity to correct this mistake. Please vote for the amendment to restore habeas corpus.
Currently, detainees at Guantanamo - and elsewhere - are denied the right to contest the legality of their detention. The lack of independent judicial review of Guantanamo detentions is harming the reputation of our nation and undermining our system of checks and balances.
As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said in ruling against the President's earlier efforts to deny the courts any role regarding detainees, "A state of war is not a blank check for the President." Congress should restore the constitutional system of checks and balances. Our courts are more than able to decide detention cases raising national security and individual liberties concerns.
I urge you to return us to our place as a role model of freedom and justice. Vote to restore habeas corpus.
Please watch these videos about Habeas Corpus:
Demything - Habeas Corpus
Villa Julie College students research the rights of the detained and the laws that are changing that affect those rights.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2B33vszxe
Olberman - "Countdown - A Law Unto Himself, Loss of Habeas Corpus"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fa1moJQMnXU
Back-Talk #3 - "Ex-Reagan Officials Accuse Bush Of War Crimes"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9tHp2CShCZ8
Alberto Gonzalez - No right of habeas corpus in Constitution?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YIFqYVAOosM
Sen Dodd at Habeas Corpus Rally
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x9MrlFBUeFg
Keith Olberman - Restoring Habeas Corpus
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cQ_pAr5ngPc
Here is where to go to sign the petition:
Petition to Restore Habeas Corpus
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/habeas_vote
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MagicStarER's Pages For Change For Good
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MagicStarER's Bravenet Blog
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MagicStarER LiveJournal Profile - Compassion Place
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