our missing rights
Two bills in the US Congress would restore some of the rights that the (so-called) USA PATRIOT Act and the Military Commissions Act stripped away — not just from US citizens, but from anyone eligible to rot away without legal recourse in American shackles. That includes you.
The ACLU and Amnesty International support the bills. As described by the ACLU:
The Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 (H.R. 1415, S. 576) - making clear that no president can make up his or her own rules regarding torture and abuse.
The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (H.R. 1416, S. 185) - restoring the constitutional due process right of habeas corpus that was eliminated by the MCA.
To his credit, Pennsylvania’s Republican senator, Arlen Specter, was an original sponsor of S. 185. To his discredit, he has not signed on to S. 576. Bob Casey, Pennsylvania’s Democratic senator, hasn’t signed on to either one. That’s an embarrassment. He should not be too busy to defend human rights and what used to considered American values.
Click on the bill numbers above to see whether your senators and your representative have co-sponsored the bills. Their contact info is here.
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Here’s a good, short background page on this issue.
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