Restoring the right to a fair trial
"Senators Leahy and Specter have introduced the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (S. 185). The legislation restores habeas rights to foreign nationals who are detained as enemy combatants or who are awaiting determination of their combatant status. "
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/6/1997/94188
A veto-proof majority is by no means guaranteed. The link has phone numbers, a list of senators on the judiciary committee, etc.
It's important. I think the Bush years have taught me that the government can rapidly become a monster if we don't stop it.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." --Edmund Burke
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/6/1997/94188
A veto-proof majority is by no means guaranteed. The link has phone numbers, a list of senators on the judiciary committee, etc.
It's important. I think the Bush years have taught me that the government can rapidly become a monster if we don't stop it.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." --Edmund Burke