Has it been mentioned that two of the "heroes", John McCain and Arlen Specter, "stood up to the pretzeldent", and then voted for this fascist abortion of the consititution, anyway....as did that "stalwart" democrat, Jay Rockefeller?
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http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001637.php
Court Challenge to New Detainee Law May Come In "Days"
By Justin Rood - September 29, 2006, 1:02 PM
With President Bush poised to sign the White House-backed detainee treatment bill into law, groups are promising to challenge it in court "in days."
“I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in ‘H’ that this will be found constitutional,” Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, <a href="http://www.cq.com/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/data/docs/html/news/109/news109-000002381617.html@allnews&metapub=CQ-NEWS&binderName=cq-today-binder&seqNum=4">told</a> Congressional Quarterly (sub. req.). CCR represents a number of Guantanamo prisoners.
Strangely, some senators who voted for the bill weren't convinced of its constitutionality. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), who voted for the bill even after his amendment to preserve certain rights for detainees was defeated, called the proposal "patently unconstitutional on its face," The Washington Post <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092800824.html">reported</a>. When CQ asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who negotiated with the White House to win minor concessions on the legislation, if the bill was constitutional, he responded "I think so."
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How many of our troops suffered avoidable deaths in Iraq and in Afghanistan?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...092900368.html