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Old 09-30-06, 06:45 AM
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Habeas Corpus now Gone -- Is this the Death of Free America?


Habeas corpus. Do you know what it is?

It is what brought us out of the Dark Ages.

From 1215 until today, habeas corpus has been used to protect people from unlawful imprisonment.

And we lost it today. Senate Hearings S3930 ended in a vote which not only gave the president the right to detain you without habeas corpus, and gave him the ability to make up his own definition of the Geneva Convention.

Here is an excerpt I got from the Wikipedia website on habeas corpus…
“habeas corpus is the name of a legal instrument or writ by means of which detainees can seek release from unlawful imprisonment. A writ of habeas corpus is a court order addressed to a prison official (or other custodian) ordering that a detainee be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he or she should be released from custody.”

I know, I would rather ride my motorcycle than think.
But while we were riding, they were taking our freedom away today. It's time to think!

Why? Because we just re-entered the dark ages.

Now if you find yourself in jail, you have no right. No one will know. And anything can happen. You can be shipped to another country and have your fingernails ripped off.

The Declaration of Independence was our way of leaving the dreadful King George behind. .

Our own miltary is against this as it leaves our troops open to abuses if captured as the captors can claim their own definition of the geneva convention..
the slippery slope to totalitarianism is well on it's way
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