Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus - Yahoo! News
2007/09/21/2054RTFA: http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070919/cm_then…
Today the US Senate fell four votes short of restoring Habeas Corpus, the fundamental constitutional right of individuals to challenge government detention, which the Republican Congress revoked in last year’s Military Commissions Act. Fifty-six senators supported a procedural move to tie the Habeas provision to legislation authorizing defense spending–a step that requires sixty votes.
Recall, our Attorney General was the person to inform us that we were not guaranteed this right by our Constitution. Now, it would appear, Congress has reinforced this. I’m not concerned, though.