The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would restore habeus corpus to prisoners at Guantanano Bay. On Thursday, the committee voted eleven to eight to advance a measure that would let prisoners challenge their detentions in federal court.
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the ranking member and former chairman of the committee, co-sponsored the measure with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the current chairman.
Committee members did not debate the bill. But Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said that ‘doesn`t mean we`ll not have people speaking out,’ The Miami Herald reported.
The Military Commissions Act set up a procedure to try foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay and denied them the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. federal courts.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would restore habeus corpus to prisoners at Guantanano Bay. On Thursday, the committee voted eleven to eight to advance a measure that would let prisoners challenge their detentions in federal court.
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the ranking member and former chairman of the committee, co-sponsored the measure with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the current chairman.
Committee members did not debate the bill. But Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said that ‘doesn`t mean we`ll not have people speaking out,’ The Miami Herald reported.
The Military Commissions Act set up a procedure to try foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay and denied them the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. federal courts.
monsters and critics
democracynow
Stumble it!
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