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Military Commissions Act

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Habeas Corpus FAQs (09/14/2007)

Habeas Corpus Talking Points (09/14/2007)

Conservative Voices Regarding Habeas Corpus (09/14/2007)

Background on Habeas Corpus (09/14/2007)
In the final hours before adjourning in 2006, Congress passed and the president signed the Military Commissions Act (MCA). In doing so they cast aside the Constitution and the principle of habeas corpus, which protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.

Army Office of Inspector General Reports (08/15/2007)

Biography of Plaintiff Bisher al-Rawi (08/01/2007)

Biography of Plaintiff Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah (08/01/2007)

Real ID Sucker Money Calculator (07/20/2007)

Freedom of Information Act Request Seeking Records Related to All Deaths at Guantanamo (07/17/2007)
A Freedom of Information Act request seeking all records relating to deaths, including but not limited to suicides, attempted suicides, accidental deaths, homicides, attempted homicides, and natural deaths, since January 2002 of detainees held in U.S. custody at the U.S. Naval Base located at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

ACLU Ad: Day of Action: It's Your Country. (06/26/2007)
On June 26, 2007, thousands of people came from all over the United States to join us in Washington, D.C. We called on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, and restore our constitutional rights. We rallied outside the Capitol and delivered our urgent message in person to Members of Congress.

It's Time to Restore the Constitution (06/26/2007)

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales vs. Civil Liberties (06/11/2007)
With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the helm, the United States Justice Department has become a contradiction in terms. Under his leadership the Constitution and the rights of Americans have been consistently undermined. Gonzales has played a chief role in both crafting and sanctioning this administration's unconstitutional conduct.

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