Damage control
Tom Paine
by Jennifer Van Bergen
10/27/06
After President George W. Bush signed the controversial Military Commissions Act last week, the Justice Department wasted no time in using its new power to deny due process to the detainees swept up in the 'war on terror.' Now that the bill which Sen. Patrick Leahy called 'un-American' has become law, countless hours and dollars will be spent by public interest law organizations trying to undo its damage. In addition to challenges of the provisions that strip habeas corpus rights, we can expect constitutional challenges to the military commission procedures and amendments to the War Crimes Act. The MCA is an unprecedented power grab by the executive branch. Among the Act's worst features, it authorizes the president to detain, without charges, anyone whom he deems an unlawful enemy combatant. This includes U.S. citizens...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/10/27/damage_control.php
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=habeas+corpus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=War+Crimes+Act
by Jennifer Van Bergen
10/27/06
After President George W. Bush signed the controversial Military Commissions Act last week, the Justice Department wasted no time in using its new power to deny due process to the detainees swept up in the 'war on terror.' Now that the bill which Sen. Patrick Leahy called 'un-American' has become law, countless hours and dollars will be spent by public interest law organizations trying to undo its damage. In addition to challenges of the provisions that strip habeas corpus rights, we can expect constitutional challenges to the military commission procedures and amendments to the War Crimes Act. The MCA is an unprecedented power grab by the executive branch. Among the Act's worst features, it authorizes the president to detain, without charges, anyone whom he deems an unlawful enemy combatant. This includes U.S. citizens...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/10/27/damage_control.php
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=habeas+corpus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=War+Crimes+Act
rudkla - 30. Okt, 17:53
