Call Now - Senate to Vote on Habeas
Call Now - Senate to Vote on Habeas: "The Senate will have their first up-or-down vote on restoring habeas corpus this week. Inside sources say the vote will be close and many senators are undecided. Your senators need to know where constituents like you stand.
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S.A. 2022 is an amendment to the defense authorization bill to restore the constitutional due process right of habeas corpus, which protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment. This fundamental right was stripped away for some people by the Military Commissions Act of 2006."
(Read Original Article - Via ACLU Alerts.)
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