habeus corpus returned to U.S. citizens
The U.S. Supreme Court just announced that, by a 5-4 vote, the right of prisoners to demand a court hearing to judge the legality of their imprisonment has been reaffirmed — overturning the Bush administration’s repeated attempts to kill it. This, on Bush senior’s birthday of all days!
I’m no lawyer but I believe this right is covered by the 6th amendment to the U.S. constitution? Which is, lest we forget, a living document as today’s news illustrates. There are plenty of folks who certainly didn’t forget, behind bars for years and still waiting for their day in court.
Freedom 1, Bush 0 (at least for now)… and Congress wasn’t even involved.