Posted July 1, 2007 6:00 a.m.
Habeas Corpus
Since the founding of our country, the right to habeas corpus and due process has been enshrined in our Constitution. But President Bush took that right away when he signed the Military Commissions Act in 2006. We’re proud to produce a web video for Alliance for Justice’s Defend Habeas campaign calling on Congress to restore habeas corpus. The video starts by showing a series of mistakes by the Bush administration, from Katrina to weapons of mass destruction to holding a 71-year-old man for four years in Guantanamo, and argues that the right to habeas corpus is in our Constitution to safeguard us from government mistakes.
Recently, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus with a vote of 11 - 8. This is a great step towards restoring our Constitutional rights (other than taking them away in the first place of course).