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Ten Steps to Restore the United States’ Moral Authority - A Common Sense Agenda for the 110th Congre
by: Human Rights Watch Coalition
2008-1-30
Perhaps the most important protection against the arbitrary exercise of executive power, the writ of habeas corpus ensures that all persons can challenge the legality of their detention before an independent court. The Military Commissions Act of 2006, as interpreted by the current administration, would deprive any non-citizen labeled “enemy combatant” of this centuries-old right. A vote to protect the habeas rights of detainees in US military custody lost in the Senate by just three v..
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