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Mukasey: Guantanamo Detainees Raise Legal "Questions" That Congress Should Answer

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Michael Mukasey, Supreme Court, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Habeas Corpus, American Enterprise Institute, Home News

WASHINGTON — Congress, not judges, should decide how to give Guantanamo Bay detainees their day in court, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said ...

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Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Homeland Security, Freedoms, Civil Rights, Fraud, Thailand, Roxanna Brown, Identity Theft, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

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Guantanamo Bay Trials To Start Monday, Judge Rules

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Terrorism, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, George W. Bush, Habeas Corpus, Guantanamo Bay, Home News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. can begin trying Osama bin Laden's former driver next week at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Thursday, reje...

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Guantanamo as Alice in Wonderland

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, Lewis Carroll, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, US District Court, China, Uighurs, Parhat v. Bush, Detainee Treatment Act, Habeas Corpus, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Huzaifa Parhat, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Merrick B. Garland, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The US administration's basis for holding prisoners without charge or trial in the "War on Terror" belongs in a fantasy world. At the heart of this fantasy world are the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

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Real Homeland Security

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Mukasey Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties Advisor, Homeland Security, Harry Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Patriot Act Civil Liberties, Ramsey Clark, Fdr, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

The next president should create a brand new position, which should become a permanent part of the Executive Branch in the future: a Civil Liberties Advisor.

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On Guns, Scalia is Right For Once, and Obama Agrees

Jackson Williams | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Second Amendment, Countdown, Scalia, First Amendment, Antonin Scalia, Michael Dukakis, Keith Olbermann, Fourth Amendment, Guns, Nino Scalia, Habeas Corpus, Supreme Court., Politics News
Jackson Williams

If we don't like the Second Amendment, then we should agitate to get rid of it in the methods the Founders prescribed. But we might want to think twice.

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Script Doctors

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Bush Administration, Supreme Court Justices, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, Antonin Scalia, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Torture, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

After the Court's ruling that Guantanamo detainees are now entitled to habeas corpus, all the president's men are working overtime so they can stack the deck strongly in favor of winning convictions.

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Six Years Late, Court Throws Out Guantanamo Case

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Sabin Willett, China, US District Court, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Boumediene v. Bush, Detainee Treatment Act, Habeas Corpus, Uighurs, Huzaifa Parhat, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Parhat v. Gates is another significant challenge to executive overreach. Parhat is one of 18 Uighur detainees who fled persecution in China and was arrested in Pakistan with no evidence against him.

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How Gingrich/Giuliani Sabotaged Civic Debate

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Susan Rice, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, National Security, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees, Giuliani 9/11, Obama National Security, Habeas Corpus, Media News
Jeffrey Feldman

Withing days of the Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo detainees, Gingrich and Giuliani pushed their way into the debate, and began to argue that liberal views on Habeas Corpus would kill Americans.

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America Is Stronger When America Sticks to Its Principles!

Eric Roberson | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Law, War on Terror, Terrorism, Attorney General, Waterboarding, Constitution, Boumediene v. Bush, Habeas Corpus, Torture, Politics News
Eric Roberson

We are supposed to be a nation of respect for our constitutional framework. Just as we should not abandon our disdain for torture, we should not abandon the constitutional right to habeas corpus.

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Vlad Rudy Has Returned from the Fear Mongering Netherworld

Bob Cesca | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Party, John McCain, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Bob Cesca

With a blinding white light, a loud bang and a puff of wig powder, Vlad Rudy Giuliani has emerged from the netherworld of GOP politics shamelessly trying to frighten Americans into voting for a Republican presidential candidate again.

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Sam Stein

McCain's Take On Bin Laden, Habeas Corpus Is Delusional, Legal Scholar Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bin Laden Terrorism, McCain Obama, Mccain Habeas Corpus, Mccain Tribunals, Mccain Bin Laden, Mccain Terrorism Giuliani, Mccain Obama Terrorism, Bin Laden Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Fear Watch 2008, Politics News

Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, led by new attack dog Rudy Giuliani, alleged on Wednesday that Barack Obama lacked the chops to lead the cou...

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Putting Boumediene in Global Perspective

David Cole | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
David Cole

The Supreme Court's latest decision may be novel in U.S. history, but it is consistent with the global growth in recognition of the essential role that courts play in checking the excesses of democracy.

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Electing America: Obama, the Supreme Court and the American Exception

Marshall Grossman | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Obama, American Exceptionalism, Constitution, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Marshall Grossman

The Obama candidacy is not about an individual, but about reasserting the distinction of a nation, membership in which is not hereditary but elective.

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The Supreme Court's Guantanamo Ruling: What Does It Mean?

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Habeas Corpus, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Military Commissions Act, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Detainee Treatment Act, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Those who cherish historical adherence to the rule of law were delighted to hear that the Supreme Court ruled that prisoners at Guantánamo now have the right to challenge the basis of their detention.

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"Standard Operating Procedures"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Standard Operating Procedure, Scott Mcclellan, Impeachment, Scott McClellan Book, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Torture, CIA Torture, Scott McClellan George Bush, John McCain Torture, Detainees, Torture, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

While some may say this emperor (Bush) has no clothes, he's still managed to hide his derriere better, and operate with impunity more effectively, than any in recent memory.

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The Loss of Democracy: The Deeper Meaning of McClellan's Revelations of Imperial Deceit & Media Submissiveness

Dan Kovalik | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Al Gore, Democracy, Scott Mcclellan, Halliburton, Inc., George W. Bush, Nbc, Military Commissions Act, Democrats, Election, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, Habeas Corpus, Msnbc, Cnn, White House Press Secretary. Bush Administration, Bechtel, Katie Couric, Sheldon Wolin, Iraq War, Republican Party, Superpower, Politics News
Dan Kovalik

The result of the White House spin, and the complicity of the press corp. in it, has been the deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.

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GOP Filibusters Bill Restoring Habeas Rights To Detainees

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Habeas Corpus, Habeas Bill, Habeas Congress, GOP Filibuster, Habeas Protection, Politics News

The Senate narrowly rejected legislation on Wednesday that would have given military detainees the right to protest their detention in federal court. ...

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