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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 07:20 PM
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Perhaps you didn't notice Justice Douglas' thoughts on habeas corpus
51 years ago. They ring a bell with me.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/22
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 07:37 PM
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1. truer words have not been spoken
and the detainee bill should scare anyone with half a sense into standing against the tide.
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 08:49 PM
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2. Great quote. Shows totalitarianism at it's...worst.
"“Habeas corpus? Yes, we know about habeas corpus. But it’s what we in Russia call a part of the theoretical branch of the law.” There is, indeed, no Communist regime that would tolerate the Great Writ."
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 09:49 PM
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3. K&R
Yes, I did miss them. Thank you for posting them!
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 11:07 PM
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4. K,R, and thank you.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-07-06 09:14 AM
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5. All those not un-American or anti-American are appalled at The Detainee
Torture Act of 2006 because so much of it is un-American/anti-American. :grr:
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