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US Senate Fails To Reinstate Habeas Corpus

Posted by kdawson on from the bound-by-oath-or-affirmation dept.

Khyber notes that yesterday a vote in the US Senate fell four votes short of what was needed to restore habeas corpus — the fundamental right of individauls to challenge government detention. Here is the record of the vote on the Cloture Motion to restore Habeas Corpus. Article 4 of the US Constitution states that habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless in cases of rebellion and invasion when the public safety may require it.

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  1. Re:Habeas Corpus not "revoked" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Our freedoms and rights are things that US citizens and immigrants enjoy. Else, there is no function or purpose for immigration or even borders.

    Well said! The only reason I care about freedoms and rights is to provide a "function for borders" (and immigration too - gotta have that).

    Some tend to confuse US citizens and residents with everyone else on the planet,...

    I hear you, dude! I just can't tell the difference. Some guy lives in France and claims not to be a US citizen but, dude, I just don't know what that means.

    ...and pretend that the Constitution actually applies to everyone on Earth (which it doesn't), or that it should (which it shouldn't - perhaps in an idealized world, someday, everyone can expect and enjoy such a baseline of freedoms and rights).

    I hear you! The US should feel free to take freedoms and rights away from people in other countries whenever it wants! The USA needs to send a clear message that it doesn't care about rights and freedoms of people in other countries and the best way to do this is for the USA to aggressively take away the rights of people in other countries.

  2. Re:Do unto others... by michrech · · Score: 3, Funny
    Naa, naaa.. You got it all wrong, 'ya see.. It's .. uhh.. "Do unto others.."...."uhh.."... "Do unto others before they do unto you. I can't get fooled again." "heh heh heh heh heh..."

    G.W.

    as you would have them do to you". Luke 6:31
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    bork bork bork!
  3. Re:Habeas Corpus not "revoked" by Jhon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ug... remove "of America" -- that's what I get for trying to recite the preamble from a song and filling in from memory...

  4. Of course its Constitutional! by Baldrson · · Score: 4, Funny

    The reason suspension of Habeas Corpus is Constitutional is that the government knows the people are going to rebel against to due to its suspension, and rebellion is a condition under which the suspension of Habeas Corpus is Constitutional. Do I get to be on the Supreme Court now?

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    Seastead this.
  5. Re:Loony interpretation of the Constitution. by hawk · · Score: 2, Funny

    >they could coin money from plastic or bubble gum or specially stamped hamsters if they chose to.

    Now *that* would be a method to stop people from carrying excessive amounts of cash on their persons . . . :)

    hawk