This is something I missed:
All Americans regardless of political philosophy or party affiliation ought to take note when the attorney general tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee habeas corpus.
In justifying the law signed by the president last October that stripped federal courts of their authority to hear habeas corpus suits by noncitizens labeled "enemy combatants," U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified last week: "The Constitution doesn't say every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas."
Gonzales' contention, which undoubtedly is the Bush administration's most far-reaching in its battle against the war on terror, threatens to take the country down a slippery slope that undermines the very basis of the republic.
The writ of habeas corpus requires that a person detained by the authorities be brought before a court of law so that the legality of the detention may be examined.
The Blog | Byron Williams: The Slippery Slide Away From Habeas Corpus | The Huffington Post
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