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And the rest of america will be too distracted by [insert popular reality TV show here] to care in 3... 2... 1...

Love the "Secret Surveillance Painting" reference.

But seriously, what to do? Not like Congress cares. I've sent letters to senators, but they didn't include the phat sacks of cash required for them to care. How do you make a corrupt government govern itself?

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I would love to see these rules applied to Federal impeachment.

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that's what reactionists do

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Well, Habeas Corpus has been established for at least 800 years (it predates Magna Carta). Three times longer than the USA has been with us. I guess that Habeas Corpus will probably live another 800 years, too. Common Law is too influential for America's dumb example to lead to the loss of this cornerstone of liberty.

Another reason not to live there. At least, not right now.

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One of the terrorists believed to have planned the 9/11 attacks said he hoped the attacks would be the beginning of the end of America. He didn't get his wish.

-- George W. Bush, upon signing the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law.

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I heard that this morning and winced.

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Sure, why settle for just the beginning.

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I'm sorry, my irony detector just pegged. I think I need to replace it with one that has a greater range...

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I am an eternal optimist. Maybe the Supreme Court can save us.

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"Why the World Needs Superman"

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I think the whole idea here is you cant appeal anything, so it'll never get to the supreme court.

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U.S. Constitution: "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." (Article One, section nine).


Ummm... Yeah, RIGHT.

As Keith Olbermann pointed out earlier last week, the Bill of Rights has been abolished by the stroke of GWB's pen.

This is only a very slight exaggeration. All but one of the items on the bill of rights has been affected by this new law. So, here's your new Bill of Rights, America:

"No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

I think Jello Biafra put it best, "Welcome to nineteen eighty-four..."

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The US is under invasion by the terrorists, therefore it is permitted!

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the show with zefrank, 09-29-06

"Yesterday's obituaries mourned the death of Sir Habeas Corpus.
Born in the UK in 1679 to parents Mama and Magna Carta, Sir Corpus is said to have enjoyed horseback riding and Othello. Originally the King's bitch, Sir Corpus made his name by forcing prisoners to testify in pending trials.

After a short but nearly fatal bout of colitis, he changed his strategy and began protecting individuals from arbitrary detention by the state.

Having emigrated to the United States in the late 1700s, Mr. Corpus continued to argue that prisoners should have their day in court to determine whether they're being lawfully imprisoned.

In recent years, Mr. Corpus' tactics of trying to protect the innocents have come under fire by the current White House. U.S. President Bush has referred to the elderly statesman as uppity and old-fashioned. Mr. Corpus is said to have been particularly upset by the recent deportation and torture of Canadian citizen Mr. Maher Arar. The U.S. sent Mr. Arar to Syria despite the fact that Canadian investigators said that they could find no evidence linking Mr. Arar to terrorist groups.

Yesterday Mr. Habeas Corpus was found dead in his Washington apartment, having been stabbed sixty-five times in the back. Mr. Corpus leaves behind Mrs. Corpus and three hundred million children.

Please send condolences and flowers to yourself."

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I've been pretty shocked at how few people know or care about this. My girlfriend even works with someone who tried to explain that it's all ok because it only applies to enemy combatants and non-citizens (that's me!).

Oh well, there's still (a little) hope to be had if you look in the right places...

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You're an enemy combatant?

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> My girlfriend even works with someone who tried to
> explain that it's all ok because it only applies to enemy
> combatants and non-citizens (that's me!).

That seems fair. I mean this is about protecting Americans, right? And it's not as if the state can revoke US citizenship.

Oh, hang on. Actually, you know what? Forget what I said...

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Well it's not like this is the first time the President of the United States has removed Habeas Corpus. Licoln did it twice. Davis in the south did it too. And Wikipedia says that President Grant did as well.

But, seriously, you only need to worry if you don't support the war. After all, what did that greatest of Americans, Abraham Lincoln, do? He merely rounded up thousands of anti-war protesters. Oh and anyone who opposed conscription. And, ahh, I believe, people who criticized the President's violation of the constituion.

So nothing for all you loyal citizens to worry about then.

I'm sure it'll be re-instated once you've won the War on Terror. How's that going for you, by the way?

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Lincoln? How about FDR? Japanese-American internment camps, anyone?

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Ok - this is the most depressing piece of news to read at 6.17 am, before breakfast.

I mean - I'm glad to *know* it happened, but I'd rather it hadn't happened. Makes sense?

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I'm not surprised, the bigger question though is, is bush to the US as ceasar was to rome?

Also, Lincoln suspended habeus corpus during the civil war

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They did it. The Terrorist won! They destroyed America, by making us so paranoid that we burned the rights our founding fathers died for. Thanks George Bush! Thanks Congress!

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what do you think the chances are that the dems put things back the way they were if/when they take the house and senate?

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