Trashing every principle of constitutional law
CounterPunch
by Elaine Cassel
12/01/05
In these two cases, our government has violated every principle of constitutional law and criminal procedure that at one time made our criminal justice system something to be proud of. The Bill of Rights held no hope for these men. Only the right of habeas corpus -- that last hope for the hopeless that holds the President to account for imprisoning someone -- got then in the court house door. But the government taught them a civics lesson they didn't learn in school: the President, at least this President, thinks he can walk all over the Bill of Rights -- your rights -- and get away with it. When one maneuver fails, they have another up their sleeves...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel12012005.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Elaine Cassel
12/01/05
In these two cases, our government has violated every principle of constitutional law and criminal procedure that at one time made our criminal justice system something to be proud of. The Bill of Rights held no hope for these men. Only the right of habeas corpus -- that last hope for the hopeless that holds the President to account for imprisoning someone -- got then in the court house door. But the government taught them a civics lesson they didn't learn in school: the President, at least this President, thinks he can walk all over the Bill of Rights -- your rights -- and get away with it. When one maneuver fails, they have another up their sleeves...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel12012005.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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