Invertebrates scrap Habeas Corpus

[mdlbear]

Senate gives final approval to detainee bill - Yahoo! News

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said the right to challenge one's detention was fundamental in American law, and the Supreme Court would reject the plan if it were stripped.

"This is wrong. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American," said Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the committee's top Democrat. He said it was intended to choke off access to Guantanamo to "ensure that the Bush-Cheney administration will never again be embarrassed by a United States Supreme Court decision reviewing its unlawful abuses of power."
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"This bill gives an administration that lobbied for torture exactly what it wanted," said Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat.

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[mithriltabby]

Text of a message I just sent to info@dscc.org:

Before I contribute any further money to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, I would like some assurance that I am not providing material support to the senators who voted for the Military Commissions Act, or that any support being provided comes with sufficient pressure that they will not dare demonstrate such spinelessness again. I cannot condone the support of torture and the flagrant disregard of the Constitution.