Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 - Democratic Party

Presidential candidate, Senator Chris Dodd introduced a bill on February 13, 2007 that would restore habeas corpus rights to all detainees in U.S. custody and narrowly define who is an “enemy combatant.”

It doesn't "say" you have rights, sir

In case you did not hear, the Attorney General of the United States stated, that a citizen's right to habeas corpus is not protected by the constitution. How can anyone to the right or the left not be sickened by this statement. That is some crazy talk if I have ever heard...

The new detention camps in the United States

POLL:    Illegal Immigrants / Dissident U.S. Citizens.

Detainee Bill in Final Stages

"White House national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley met with Republican senators yesterday in an effort to reach final agreement on legislation that would govern the military trials of terrorism suspects, but they did not resolve a dispute over whether the captives...

Habeas corpus for all

"Retired Navy Rear Adm. John D. Hutson on Monday joined a panel of retired military and naval officers urging that Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delay any action on the bill under consideration. The habeas corpus right in question traditionally gives...

Leahy a Lone Voice of Sanity on Detention Bill

"This provision would perpetuate the indefinite detention of hundreds of individuals against whom the government has brought no charges and presented no evidence, without any recourse to justice whatsoever. That is un-American, and it is contrary to American interests. ..."

Material Witnesses and Enemy Combatants - Democratic Party

This is the second in a series of articles examining the Timothy Lynch’s article, Doublespeak and The War on Terrorism. George Orwell, who introduced the concept of doublespeak in his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, depicted a totalitarian state where posters everywhere...