Habeus corpus is an old right in Anglo-Saxon law that goes back at least as far as the time of the Magna Carta. Perhaps Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales is not familiar with Anglo-Saxon customs and law. That he should be the one chosen by Bush to do the dirty work of abrogating it shows how tyrannous the Bush Regime has become. Denial of this right should be THE FIRST reason to Impeach Bush. Hajja Romi
ADC Press Release: ADC Joins in Amicus Brief Supporting the Right to Habeas Corpus Washington, DC | August 24, 2007 | www.adc.org | Today, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) joined an unusual coalition of public interest groups in filing an Amicus Curiae brief (friend of the court brief) in support of two companion cases seeking to restore the right to Habeas Corpus by foreign detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. Co-counsel on the brief include the Constitution Project, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, and the Rutherford Institute. Organizations joining ADC in the brief include Open Society Institute and People for the American Way Foundation among others. Fulbright and Jaworski, a leading international law firm with a well-recognized Supreme Court and appellate practice, is serving as counsel. The Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006 strips federal courts of jurisdiction over individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, prohibiting them to challenge their imprisonment in the US court system. As a result, the system of checks and balances by the Judiciary towards the Executive branch of government is circumvented. Two cases before the Supreme Court of the United States Boumediene v. Bush and al Odah v. US seek to challenge the validity of the MCA and restore the right to habeas corpus. The cases are on appeal from a 2-1 decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued on February 20, 2007. The Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs original petition for Certoriari (review) on April 2, 2007, and, in an unusual move, reversed that decision on June 29, 2007, after the petitioners sought a rehearing. In joining the brief, ADC hopes the US Supreme Court will find the Military Commissions Act unconstitutional and repair the system of checks and balances that is so central to our core constitutional values of due process and equal protecting under the law. To read the brief see: http://www.adc.org/PDF/amicusbrief.pdf ### NOTE TO EDITORS: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), which is non sectarian and non partisan, is the largest Arab-American civil rights organization in the United States. It was founded in 1980, by former Senator James Abourezk to combat racial stereotyping and to protect the civil rights of people of Arab descent in the United States. ADC has 38 chapters nationwide, including chapters in every major city in the country, and members in all 50 states. ______________________________________________________________ American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee | www.adc.org 1732 Wisconsin Ave., NW | Washington, DC 20007 Tel: 202-244-2990 | Fax: 202-244-7968 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (by email) | Settings | Report Abuse --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
