Summary

This bill backtracks on the removal of Habeas Corpus rights for detainees in U.S. custody included in the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Background

Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to protest imprisonment before a court of law. The Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006 allowed the president to hold people indefinitely without due process.

Political Context and Commentary

This exchange at a congressional hearing between Specter, Gonzales, and Leahy lays out the political landscape for this debate: Gonzales (for the Whitehouse) denies an affirmative right to Habeas Corpus is in the constitution, while Specter objects and Leahy gives a short speech on his intent to undo the changes in the MCA.

Additional Links

Flaherty, Anne "Bush detainee rules likely to be revisited: Democrats say terror suspects have some rights" Associated Press, December 29, 2006

American Bar Association Habeas Corpus legislative polict page

Summary

This bill backtracks on the removal of Habeas Corpus rights for detainees in U.S. custody included in the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Background

Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to protest imprisonment before a court of law. The Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006 allowed the president to hold people indefinitely without due process.

Context and Commentary

This exchange at a congressional hearing between Specter, Gonzales, and Leahy lays out the political landscape for this debate: Gonzales (for the whitehouse) denies an affirmative right to Habeas Corpus is in the constitution, while Specter objects and Leahy gives a short speech on his intent to undo the changes in the MCA.

Additional Links

Flaherty, Anne "Bush detainee rules likely to be revisited: Democrats say terror suspects have some rights" Associated Press, December 29, 2006

American Bar Association Habeas Corpus legislative polict page

Summary

This bill backtracks on the removal of Habeas Corpus rights for detainees in U.S. custody included in the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Background

Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to protest imprisonment before a court of law. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allowed the president to hold people indefinately without due process.

Additional Links

Flaherty, Anne "Bush detainee rules likely to be revisited: Democrats say terror suspects have some rights" Associated Press, December 29, 2006

American Bar Association Habeas Corpus legislative polict page

Summary

This bill backtracks on the removal of Habeas Corpus rights for detainees in U.S. custody included in the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Background

Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to protest imprisonment before a court of law. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allowed the president to hold people indefinately witout due process.

Additional Links

Flaherty, Anne "Bush detainee rules likely to be revisited: Democrats say terror suspects have some rights" Associated Press, December 29, 2006

American Bar Association Habeas Corpus legislative polict page

Summary

This bill backtracks on the removal of Habeas Corpus rights for detainees in U.S. custody included in the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Background

Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to protest imprisonment before a court of law. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allowed the president to hold people indefinately without due process.

Additional Links

Flaherty, Anne "Bush detainee rules likely to be revisited: Democrats say terror suspects have some rights" Associated Press, December 29, 2006

American Bar Association Habeas Corpus legislative polict page

Summary

This bill backtracks on the removal of Habeas Corpus rights for detainees in U.S. custody included in the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Background

Habeas Corpus is the right of a prisoner to protest imprisonment before a court of law. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allowed the president to hold people indefinately without due process.

Additional Links

Flaherty, Anne Bush detainee rules likely to be revisited: Democrats say terror suspects have some rights" Associated Press December 29, 2006

American Bar Association Habeas Corpus legislative polict page