An Eric Allie cartoon found on GOPUSAWhat is Habeas Corpus?
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"Lat. "you have the body" Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A writ of habeas corpus is a judicial mandate to a prison official ordering that an inmate be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he should be released from custody. A habeas corpus petition is a petition filed with a court by a person who objects to his own or another's detention or imprisonment. The petition must show that the court ordering the detention or imprisonment made a legal or factual error. Habeas corpus petitions are usually filed by persons serving prison sentences. . ." Read more here.
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Writs of habeas corpus should not apply to foreign terrorist. The Supreme Court blundered again. It proves one thing the Supreme Court is anything but Supreme.
The unqualified uses of the word “person” or “people” in the Constitution apply to all human beings, not just citizens.
ReplyDeleteThe 5th Amendment clearly indicates that no person should be held without an indictment of grand jury. The only exception is those serving in the U.S. military who commit acts treason against the United States in war time. Congress has authority over this according to Article 3 section 3. There should be no secret courts, secret evidence, or special military courts outside of these provisions.
President Bush has in fact violated even the rights of U.S. citizens with respect to 5th amendment. If this unchecked, extraordinary usurptation of presidential power is not curtailed, we (abortion protesting, fundamentalist Christian-types) will be next.