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Are you the enemy? Under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, you could be. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allows the Executive Branch to circumvent the Constitution, endangering the due process of law for all Americans, not just terrorists.(Cover story)
On September 28, by a vote of 65-34, the Senate formally passed S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). The next day, the House of Representatives followed suit, passing the act by a vote of 250-170, and the affixing of the president's signature is now a formality.* This legislation is being highlighted by the Bush administration and most Republicans as a get-tough-on-terrorists measure that allows "alien unlawful enemy combatants ... [to be] subject to trial by military commissions" without the constitutional safeguards American citizens possess against illegal detainment and judicial railroading. Moreover, the bill allows "pain or suffering incidental to ...
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