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Thank you Senator Dodd
And all those who helped him slow down the stampede towards telecom immunity. Dodd speaks: This fight is not over, but we won a significant victory on this, and it was the outpouring of public concern that helped make it happen.
Continue reading →No Telecom Amnesty
Chris Dodd has started another citizen-based whip count. Click the image and do your part.
Continue reading →Restore Habeas Corpus
Once again, Chris Dodd leads the way. See more here. They’re keeping track of the vote count via the widget below. UPDATE: The vote to close debate failed by four votes.
Continue reading →Restore the Constitution
In this clip, Chris Dodd discusses his proposed legislation, the Restore the Constitution Act of 2007, which defines the characteristics of enemy combatants, defines who can be tried by military tribunals, outlines the types of evidence that can be used against them, and most importantly restores the right of habeas corpus to all persons detained by the United States. You can read the full text of the Act at the link above, and sign on as a citizen co-sponsor. The Act itself is rather long and technical, and one problem with the web site is that it doesn’t give a … Continue reading →
Guantanamo detainee #940
Adel Hamad, husband and father, aid worker and teacher, continues to be detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite efforts to clear his name and return him to his family in Sudan. Guantanamo Unclassified More information at Project Hamad. See also this article at Slate, The YouTube Defense: Human rights go viral. UPDATE: Eric Alterman shares a report from a human rights activist who followed up on several Guantanamo detainees who were sent home. Here is part of her report: Former Guantanamo detainees who were sent home to Russia in 2004 experienced torture and other abuse despite Moscow’s pledge to the … Continue reading →
Music to my ears …
TPM quotes the judge: “We must first note that the Office of the Chief Executive has itself been created, with its powers, by the Constitution. There are no hereditary Kings in America and no power not created by the Constitution. So all ‘inherent power’ must derive from that Constitution.” Federal Judge Orders Halt to Warrantless Wiretapping
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