Habeas Corpus rejected: Now we know what America stands for
September 19, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
This is just embarrassing.
From Think Progress:
Breaking: Senate rejects habeas legislation.
In a 56-43 vote, the majority of the Senate today voted for legislation that would have restored habeas corpus rights to military detainees and given them “the right to protest their detention in federal court.” But the roll call fell four votes short of the 60 needed to cut off debate.
UPDATE: Full roll call vote HERE.
UPDATE II: Leahy has put out a statement reacting to the vote:
It is difficult to defend the higher ground by taking the lower road. The world knows what our enemies stand for. The world also knows what this country has tried to stand for and live up to — in the best of times, and the worst of times. … We will not give up on this important effort.
America does not believe in civil liberties. It’s that simple. The United States is now little more than a collection of patriotic slogans about freedom. But our leaders don’t believe in any of them. They truly hate us for our freedoms.
–WKW
Habeas smabeas. We want to hear about OJ.
* turns on rerun of American Idol, slurps mega size chocolate shake *
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