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Restoring rights: Rep. Ron Paul introduces legislation to protect basic rights like habeas corpus, to prohibit torture, and to ban arbitrary kidnapping and imprisonment by the executive branch.(CONSTITUTION)(Cover story)
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If leading spokespersons of both the right and the left in America enthusiastically back passage of any piece of legislation, there should be headlines in the various elements of the mass media. Anything attracting that kind of bipartisan support must certainly be dramatically important--so weighty that all conscious Americans ought to examine it. Claiming to be among the "conscious," we hereby provide a serious look at H.R. 3835, the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007. It was introduced in the House of Representatives by Texas Republican Ron Paul on October 15, 2007.
If enacted, H.R. 3835 would:
* repeal the 2006 ...
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