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Habeas Corpus
2008-06-19 13:42:00 George Will has an excellent column in the Washington Post about the Supreme Court?s recent 5-4 decision to allow detainees at Guantanamo to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges. The purpose of a writ of habeas corpus is to cause a government to release a prisoner or show through due process why the prisoner should be ...
Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and Abraham Lincoln
2008-03-12 21:16:00 It's been a while since I posted this, and with the President's recent veto of the torture, bill I figured it needed a repost.------------------------------------------------------A- controversial Republican president during a time of war, utilizing controversial new powers. Many, even in his own political party, were outraged when he suspended the right of habeas corpus and imprisoned many without trial. Military tribunals were authorized to try suspects quickly; money was spent without congressional authorization. Who was this president? None other than the great Abraham Lincoln.Abraham Lincoln:? Suspended the writ of habeas corpus. [1]? Spent money without congressional authorization. [1]? Imprisoned 18,000 suspected Confederate sympathizers without trial. [1]? Conducted at least 4,271 trials by military commission. [2]George W. Bush:? Defined captured enemies as "enemy combatants". [3]? Denied "enemy combatants" habeas corpus. [3]? Tried "enemy combatants" through military tribu...
Habeas Corpus
2008-02-25 06:21:00 "Habeas Corpus" (ad subjiciendum) means "You may have the body" (to produce it in court)."Habeas Corpus" (ad subjiciendum)is an important instrument to safeguard individual freedom against arbitrary criminal process by police or other executive powers. The concept of habeas corpus is a fundamental part of the British legal system. the first mention of habeas corpus was in 1305, to the reign of England’s King Edward I. Habeas corpus is a writ, or written court order, that requires a person held by the authorities to be brought before the courts so the legality of their detention can be examined.In America, the main principles were adopted in the US Constitution. (Habeas Corpus Act 1679) Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2Habeas Corpus Act31 Car. 2, c. 2 , 27 May 1679Whereas great delays have been used by sheriffs, gaolers and other officers, to whose custody any of the King's subjects have been committed for criminal or supposed criminal matters, in making returns of writs of habeas co...
The Results Of The absence of Habeas Corpus
2008-02-03 16:48:00 Liberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
Privilege of Habeas Corpus and Preserving American Citizenship
2007-12-05 14:00:00 The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments today on a case that comes down to the privilege of Habeas Corpus. The question of whether those classified as enemy combatants should be afforded certain privileges under our Constitution has been a point of significant debate over the past several years; and the outcome of this ...
Explaining habeas corpus
2007-10-05 18:35:00 In these times when rights in the Unites States are being swept away, it is useful to remember why those rights were instituted in the first place. Restore habeas, restore security By William H. Neukom Washington - Americans understand that the government can’t just lock away their friends or neighbors without explanation or giving them a day in ...
By: Carson's Post
Ten Things You Should Know About Habeas Corpus
2007-10-01 12:22:00 Ten Things You Should Know About Habeas Corpus By Jonathan Hafetz, Brennan Center The writ of habeas corpus protects individuals against unlawful exercises of state power. Since prerevolutionary American history, habeas has guaranteed people seized and detained by the government the right to question the grounds for their detention. It has been available to citizens, non-citizens, slaves, ...
Senate Puts Another Nail in the Habeas Corpus Coffin
2007-09-20 18:38:00 anthony @ 17:40 BST From OpEdNews Well, they tried. But that wasn’t good enough. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced S.AMDT.2022 to restore habeas corpus rights for detainees held by the U.S. 20 senators cosponsored it, including Democratic presidential candidates Clinton, Obama, and Dodd. Yesterday, the roll call vote was taken. Along with Specter, a handful of other Republicans voted in favor ...
By: Suzie-Q
GOP Blocks Support for Troops and Habeas Corpus
2007-09-20 14:57:00 WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans yesterday rejected a bipartisan proposal to lengthen the home leaves of US troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, derailing a measure that war opponents viewed as one of the best chances to force President Bush to accelerate a redeployment of forces. The proposal, sponsored by Senators James Webb, Democrat of Virginia, and Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska,
By: Politics Plus
Restoring Habeas Corpus
2007-09-18 21:50:00 Via Atrios (echo chamber time here, but worth it)...And here?s the video with Chris Dodd (can't test this at the moment, but it should be right)...
Dodd, Leahy reintroduce Habeas Corpus Restoration Act.
2007-09-18 20:15:00 anthony @ 19:15 BST In an e-mail to supporters, Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that they were reintroducing the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act as an amendment to a defense authorization bill today. Last fall?s Military Commissions Act stripped detainees charged as enemy combatants of their right of habeas corpus. Watch Dodd introduce ...
By: Suzie-Q
Restore Habeas Corpus
2007-09-18 02:15:00 From Amnesty International: The rights to challenge one’s detention is a critical protection against human rights abuses enshrined in US and international law. The “Military Commissions Act of 2006″ stripped certain detainees in U.S. custody of such fundamental rights. In the absence of this basic protection against enforced disappearance, unfair trials, arbitrary detention and torture, such violations can and have occurred. Urge Congress to take a significant first step in restoring US leadership on human rights by supporting the “Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007,” to return habeas rights to people in U.S. custody. Learn more… Follow this link to the Amnesty International site to fill out a simple form to send an email to your Senators and Representatives, letting them know you want them to restore Habeas Corpus. While you’re there, send a letter urging your senators to co-sponsor or support the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act (...
So after eliminating habeas corpus, now George Bush by stroke of the pen el
2007-07-23 09:03:00 And Americans 1) don't know and 2) don't careThis is real. Yet you do nothing. Memo to war protesters - you may want to take your activities outside the US borders as of today. I'll kick it off - Hey, George Bush and Dick Cheney - Go Fu&k Yourselves, you completely f*cked up in Iraq. Say that in America today and you may find yourself in jail with no right to a trial, and with your assets seized. Seriously. And actually, since Bush and Cheney think they control the world, if you say that outside the US they still might swoop in illegally, pick you up and toss you in a secret prison. Seriously. Anyone see a problem with this? Anyone?How does any of this have to do with housing? Here's how - your house can now be seized if you protest against the war in Iraq. Period. From the Third Reich, err, I mean White House last week:Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in IraqBy the authority vested in me as President by the Co...
By: Housing PANIC
Supreme Court Reverses Course, Agrees To Review Guantanamo Habeas Corpus Is
2007-06-29 19:32:00 Anthony @ 18:30 BST High Court to Hear Detainee Case From HuffPo WASHINGTON ? Rejecting Bush administration arguments, the Supreme Court reversed course and agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees can use the civilian court system to challenge their indefinite confinement. The justices made the highly unusual reversal without comment along with other end-of-term orders. In April, the ...
By: Suzie-Q
Sen. Dodd at Habeas Corpus Rally
2007-06-28 17:57:00 Anthony @ 16:55 BST Senator Dodd speaks at the ACLU Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice Rally in Washington DC on 6/24/07.
By: Suzie-Q
Huge Rally For Habeas Corpus
2007-06-28 16:19:00 by- Suzie-Q @ 7:19 AM MST I got this news article from Cliff Schecter’s blog… Thanks Cliff! Sponsored by the ACLU, there was a Day Of Action in DC. And some pretty cool people showed up to speak. I’ll link to a few of them over the next day. Here is our first entry, ...
By: Suzie-Q
A World Without Habeas Corpus
2007-06-19 00:00:00 -By Nancy Salvato "Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and ...
By: Publius Forum
Olbermann guest: Suspending habeas corpus has made us less safe
2007-06-09 21:18:00 Posted by Anthony @ 20:17 BST David Edwards and Muriel Kane therawstory Published: Friday June 8, 2007 Keith Olbermann reported Thursday on the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007, calling it “a historical restoration project, the reconstruction of one of the cornerstones of American democracy.” The Military Commissions Act, passed last year by the Republican Congress, stripped away the fundamental ...
By: Suzie-Q
NONE OF YOUR BASIC RIGHTS MATTER WITHOUT HABEAS CORPUS
2007-06-08 21:47:00 Posted by Anthony @ 20:47 BST
By: Suzie-Q
THE RETURN OF HABEAS CORPUS?
2007-06-07 23:58:00 The U. S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary has just passed a bill today in an attempt to restore habeas corpus, one of the basic constitutional civil rights taken away by the Military Commissions Act approved by the U. S. Congress last September and signed into law by President Bush 19 days later. My first post to this blog was devoted to this issue here. Later on I compiled some pieces of information on the same topic here, here, here and here. I specially recall Keith Olbermann´s editorial comment on what he sarcastically defined back then as what it used to be ?the right of anyone who is tossed in prison, to appear in court and say, Hey, why am I in prison??, definitely worth watching again HERE. While some have seen today´s Senate Committee action as the first step towards restoring the so called Great Writ, considered to be the foundation of all other rights in the U. S., others have remained doubtful thinking that once passed by the Senate (if so) this law will li...
Restoring America?s Standing in the World and Security Begins with Restorin
2007-06-07 22:26:00 by- Suzie-Q @ 1:28 PM MST This week, two military judges dismissed charges against a Canadian and a Yemeni detained at Guantanamo Bay, ruling that their war-crimes trials cannot move forward, throwing the entire military commissions process and those being held under it into question. At issue in these cases is not simply whether Omar Khadr ...
By: Suzie-Q
Senate Gets Habeas Corpus Restoration Ball Rolling
2007-06-07 21:57:00 Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight. Habeas corpus was revoked by last year's Military Commissions Act, which has been assailed as unconstitutional and un-American by leaders across the political spectrum. Today's habeas bill was backed by the Judiciary Committee's Democratic Chairman, Patrick Leahy, and its Republican Ranking Member, Arlen Specter. "The drive to restore this fundamental right has come from both sides of the aisle," said Sharon Bradford, an attorney at the bipartisan Constitution Project, in response to today's vote. "Restoring America's commitment to the rule of law is not a partisan cause; it is a patriotic one," she added. Today's vote means the habeas bill can now be brought to the Senate floor at any time. One source with knowledge of the legislative plan said Majority Leader Harry Reid has com...
By: Dyre Portents
Habeas Corpus
2007-06-07 15:59:00 Democrats.com is asking for support for S. 185, otherwise know as the Restore Habeas Corpus act. In short, S. 185 strikes… (e)(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United ...
Sign The Petition to Restore Habeas Corpus
2007-05-16 18:52:00 Also See:Alliance for Justice: Defend HabeasTake Action: Sign The Petition to Restore Habeas CorpusTechnorati tags: Habeas Corpus, Activism, Alliance for Justice, US Justice Department, news
Habeas Corpus
2007-05-13 15:26:00 Habeas Corpus (derived from the Latin word meaning "you have the body") is the name of a legal action or writ which detainees can use to seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. The writ of habeas corpus has through time been an important means for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action. Also known as the "Great Writ," a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is a court order that is addressed to a prison official ordering that a prisoner be brought before the court so that the court can determine whether or not that person is serving a lawful sentence or should be released from custody. The prisoner, or some other person on his behalf, may petition the court or an individual judge for a writ of habeas corpus.For example, if someone was arrested for allegedly littering the streets and knows he is innocent, then a writ of habeas corpus can be filed in court to seek the release of the prisoner. He (the prisoner) can petition on his own behalf or he can ha...
Restore Habeas Corpus
2007-05-03 13:09:00 What is habeas corpus? Habeas corpus, or the Great Writ, is the legal procedure that keeps the government from holding you indefinitely without showing cause. When you challenge your detention by filing a habeas corpus petition, the executive branch must explain to a neutral judge its justification for holding you. It’s been a pillar of Western law since the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. Habeas corpus has been a right in America from the time the first settlers came to our shores. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Constitution Doesn?t Guarantee Habeas Corpus
2007-01-26 15:06:01 One of the Bush administration’s most far-reaching assertions of government power was revealed quietly last week when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified that habeas corpus — the right to go to federal court and challenge one’s imprisonment — is not protected by the Constitution. “The Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or ...
Habeas Corpus, Military Commissions Act: Special Comment - O
2006-11-05 13:27:01 More from Keith including a Special Comment, which will not dissapoint… It’s so good it almost makes you forget about the beginning of the end… Transcript: (more…)
"The Death of Habeas Corpus and the Beginning of the End of
2006-10-26 09:51:02 The following post is by a blogger with whom I partner on this blog, Andy Marquis. Andy is a high school student from Maryland. Despite his youth, I feel that he is a talented writer with a promising future. Many of my posts on this blog are reposted on his International News Connection blog. I feel that the public does not understand this whole debate on the new Bush antiterrorism law.
By: Robert Lindsay
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