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Confessions of Alberto Gonzales' dangerous mind.(Inside Track)
Dating back to the Magna Charta, the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus has been recognized as one of the chief, if not the chief, safeguard in common law against the arbitrary imprisonment of citizens by a despot. The U.S. Constitution recognizes this right in Article 1, Section 9: "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."
In what has to be considered one of the most chilling examples to date of the Bush administration's callous and dangerous disregard for fundamental rights, on January 18 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted that U.S. citizens do not actually enjoy such protections. During testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales insisted in an exchange with Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), "there is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There is a prohibition against taking it away. But it's never been the case, and I'm not a Supreme ..." Senator Specter, to his credit, abruptly interrupted the attorney general's weasel-worded attempt to justify subversion of the long-recognized ...
- EDITORIAL: Gonzales' body blow against habeas corpus.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) January 30, 2007 700+ words
...sense. But Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has ceased even trying to...last week was the right to habeas corpus mentioned in Article I...privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended...safety may require it." Habeas corpus essentially guarantees you...
- POLITICS-US: A MEA CULPA, BUT NO HABEAS CORPUS.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service January 19, 2007 700+ words
...The Pentagon disavowed Stimson's remarks, saying they did not represent department policy. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales also distanced himself from Stimson. "Good lawyers representing the detainees is the best way to ensure that justice...
- Habeas corpus - limited review for actual innocence. (Supreme Court Review)...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Breuer, Jennifer R. January 1, 1994 700+ words
...petitioner is not grounds for federal habeas corpus relief. Although Chief Justice Rehnquist...Note examines the history of federal habeas corpus review and argues that the Court logically...with its current position on federal habeas corpus: habeas relief is to be granted only...
- Brecht v. Abrahamson: harmful error in habeas corpus law. (Criminal Law)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Liebman, James S. Hertz, Randy January 1, 1994 700+ words
...S NEW HARMLESS ERROR STANDARD FOR HABEAS CORPUS CASES For the past two and one-half...harmlessness of constitutional error in habeas corpus proceedings as they have applied on...principle of parity between direct and habeas corpus consideration of constitutional issues...
- You should have the body: understanding habeas corpus.
- Magazine article from: Social Education Landman, James March 1, 2008 700+ words
...William Blackstone described the writ of habeas corpus as a second Magna Carta, and Supreme...Court considers whether the writ of habeas corpus is available to the detainees at Guantanamo...The basic purpose of the writ of habeas corpus is to afford a person who has been...
- Justices weave intricate web of habeas corpus decisions.
- Magazine article from: Trial Hoffmann, Joseph L. December 1, 2001 700+ words
...provided the political cover for the habeas corpus, prison litigation, and immigration...the wisdom of suspending the writ of habeas corpus. This debate, however, is completely...there are two different kinds of habeas corpus. One is the Great Writ, a common...
- Habeas Corpus
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice STEIKER, ORDAN M. January 1, 2002 700+ words
HABEAS CORPUS Habeas corpus is shorthand for a variety of writs or legal pleadings seeking to bring a person within a court's power. Of the many habeas corpus writs, the most celebrated and significant is the writ of habeas...
- Supreme Court to Hear Death-Row Habeas-Corpus Arguments
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition June 3, 1996 700+ words
...reports. NINA TOTENBERG, Reporter: Habeas corpus - the phrase literally means `produce...Magna Carta in England, a writ of habeas corpus was a piece of paper served on a government...Over centuries in England the writ of habeas corpus became the vehicle by which arbitrary...
