Who's afraid of habeas corpus?

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Who's afraid of habeas corpus?
By JC Garrett
Online Journal Guest Writer
Jun 28, 2007, 01:07


Terrorists are bad. If you don't believe it, just ask George W. Bush.

They are so bad, in fact, that just by bringing one of them before a real judge would put national security at grave risk. The very idea of giving them the chance to challenge the reason for their imprisonment gives the administration nightmares and goose bumps. After all, Bush has told us at least a bazillion times that his greatest responsibility as Supreme Decider is to "protect the American people from attacks by terrorists".

Never mind that Bush’s rhetoric is dead wrong. The Constitution itself makes that assertion a lie. According to the document that George W. Bush was reported to have called "just a goddamn piece of paper," the president's highest responsibility is to protect and defend the Constitution. Since he has failed miserably at this, he has decided to unilaterally change what the Constitution denotes as his utmost responsibility. Personally, I'd rather be free than to be so safe that the Constitution no longer applies.

Never mind that the Great Writ has long been considered by the greatest legal minds as the very foundation upon which our entire system of law is based. It is widely believed to be the cornerstone of all American jurisprudence.

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What is the government afraid of? What awesome power is possessed by these prisoners that they can jeopardize the security of a superpower by their mere presence in a courtroom?

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There is just nothing that fits, nothing that makes sense . . . except the possible revelation of government sponsored torture and cruelty suffered by detainees in U.S. custody.


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