Oh, Who Cares About Justice, Anyway?
Sep 25th, 2006 at 7:14 pm by Susie
From the Justice Project on the attempt to suspend the writ of habeus corpus:
Regular order — which assures that both Chambers of Congress have a fair opportunity to consider the legislation — has been skirted; indeed, some of these provisions have never been examined by any Committee in any chamber of Congress, and all of the provisions have been unsuccessful when introduced and debated through the proper channels in Congress. In fact, much of the package has yet to see the light of day. Before habeas is changed so profoundly, shouldn’t these provisions be openly debated, rather than being stealthily affixed to unrelated legislation and passed without review by the public?
In recent years, Congress overwhelmingly supported the passage of the bipartisan Innocence Protection Act to correct some of the problems in the criminal justice system that led to wrongful convictions. The habeas repeal provisions would undercut much of that progress, and increase the risk that innocent people will remain in prison or even be executed.
NO! NO! NO!
Arrest these people!
Bush CANNOT go to jail, any more than he could go to VIETNAM!
What if he destroys America? All that matters is that Bush CANNOT go to jail!
Congress is one of the world’s greatest
lawbreaking institutions.
Umm, I mean lawmaking institutions.