Is this true? I'm not  a conspiracy freak or anything but did congress decide to get rid of Habeus Corpus?
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It's sort of true. If you are a declared terrorist you no longer have Habeus Corpus. The military is allowed to hold you without trial as long as they wish (which isn't a good thing, even if you are truly a terrorist, besides if they are truly a terrorist, the courts would find you guilty anyway). Many people balk at the possibility that anyone could be declared as a terrorist and having their due process rights taken away.\n\nEDIT: Also because of the policies at Guantanamo Bay etc., the  US currently has one of the WORST human rights (in regard to 1st world countries) records according to Amnesty International. I put the link below.
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...I haven't time now to look up quotes, but I know on this web site.  Mr. Barton has done oodles of research on the founders.  I strongly urge you to check this site out - and you could spend hours on it.  We bought several of his tapes, and they are very good.\n...His findings would certainly annoy the ACLU, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and others who wish to cloud and/or revise history and rob us of our heritage.\nhttp://www.wallbuilders.com/
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Congress said no more funding of the Contras.  In the meantime in the eighties we were supplying Iran with weapons, so what was done we took the procedes of the sales and gave it to the contras.\n\nCol. North had immunity when he testified.  He now works for Foxnews
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I think so. Some of them will be on the negotiating committee with the House over the final Bill.  You can let them know which parts it's 'OK to drop' in negotiations.\n\nYou should also let them know your memory is longer than 2 years.  They are counting on this 'dying down' by 2008, or their personal term limits.\n\nI hope your frustration won't keep you from contacting your Congressmen particularly in the House.  The House has the opportunity to not even let the Bill get to conference and that is exactly what they did last year with a similar House Bill the Senate Bill is based on.\n\nIf they do negotiate it, they have the ability to refuse to let it out of conference if it isn't decent.\n\nHowever, right now the Speaker of the House is saying he doesn't even see it coming out of conference. All he has to do is REFRAIN from appointing committee members.
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It never passed in Congress, so it was never sent to President Bush to be signed.  It has since be reintroduced a different form and it didn't go anywhere.
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Library of Congress, All legislation is a mater of public record, but you sure have your work cut out for you. Pork spending is a day by day thing. The Senate passed a really fat bill today that President Bush has said he will veto. I hope he does. He sure hasn't done that yet. This time I hope he gets it right.
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I'm assuming those facts are correct however, I would believe if I saw the whole bill (appropriation). How do you know pork-belly wasn't attached? How do you know there wasn't an attached appropriations or spending bills that give millions to disenfranchised homeless artisans that do murals of anti-christ?\n\nSure, that may sound stupid or funny but, How do you know? A single line data entry does not a story tell.
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I took a moment of silence for these brave men and women. I hope every legal American will take a minute this weekend and remember those who gave their life for the past 200-plus years so we can maintain our country's freedom. \n\nNow, honey, you have got to get over this "sale" issue. It is becoming an obsession with you.
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It was a stupid thing. Last year I did a report that showed it violated at least 3 amendments in the bill of rights. I think the only reason why it was passed was due to the paranoia to just kill all those terrorist. Some of the stuff that had "illegal" wiretaps were REPASSED this year. So yes, I do know the truth.
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Trying to figure out how this new "War on Terror" justifies suspension of our Constitution.  In 1812, with a foreign enemy burning down Washington D.C., NO PART of the Constitution was re-written or suspended.  Emergency provisions did not ever give the president the power to unilaterally enforce the law before.  This was in the face of our absolute destruction with an very real enemy on our soil.  Now we have a fantasy enemy over-seas that takes occaisional potshots at us, which we created through our own failed foreign policies, so we now need to give up every fundamental legal and expression freedom we have?  Do Americans just not have balls these days?  Why aren't the real conservatives trying to "conserve" our damned Constitution which has weathered EVERY CRISIS before this?  I just don't get it.\n\nIf you want to hunt me down, I'll be easy to find in the postage stamp sized "Free Speech Zone".  When I was a kid, everywhere was a Free Speech Zone...except maybe in church.
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The only way it can be brought back is if Congress brings it back. Write to your congressmen about it.
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It's a new program launched by the Adminstration to track your reading habits.  You should flip through all the magazines and make sure no microscopic bugs are planted and check the staples.  If that checks out notice the content matter it may lean toward a political bias of some sort it could be an attempt to plant unfriendly Adminstration propaganda.  If that's the case burn in  as swear loudly and praise the Adminstration so when the FBI comes to arrest you it's on record your gung-ho American.  Lastly and most likely it's a ploy by these companies to get you to purchase subscriptions to there magazines.  What will happen ?  They will start sending you bills at the end of the free trial and you'll have a hell of time finding out how to cancel them.  If that's not it don't worry if Saddam owned their parent company because we own it now.  God Bless America.
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No. I am seeing Saturday moring cartoon show of Abu Graib tortures as well as action figures of CIA/OGA and Navy SEALS ordering the abuse while GI JOES and GI JANES carry it out. \n\nWe can even make these victims into Haloween costumes for kids to make it more palatable to have people disappear and end up being " rendered " in secret detention centers over seas.\n\nI think there is a Thomas Kinkaid sculptre of the guy with wire on his thumbe draped in a pauncho  on the box for sale in 3 easy installments for $29.99 each - but supplies are limited. \n\nNo, sadly many, many Americans ( who may even be Christian conservatives ), seem to think this is OK and justified. \n\nWhat have we become?  Dear god. Didnt the GESTAPO do stuff like this ? But I am a liberal, what do I know?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/politics/15scotus.html?ex=1289710800&en=bcebac31c5c1f0fb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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Unfortunately yes, a bill is being reviewed in Congress over the possible ban of religious texts upon public transportation.  Luckily its not a very popular bill.  Seems like a violation of the separation of church and state clause in the constitution.
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How about:\nUSA PATRIOT Act, that was certainly controversial.\nH. R. 3162\n\nhttp://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.3162.ENR:\n\nFor research tips:\n\nTHE BEST WAY to research legislative history is to go the Library of Congress. They keep the record of ALL hearings on the bill(both committee and floor) and any statements made by congressmen and any other people that Congress has questioned regarding the bill etc etc etc.\n\nThe website given by previous answerer will help:\nIt is the website of the library of congress:\n\nhttp://thomas.loc.gov\n\nI would also suggest reading this site(it is very helpful):\nhttp://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/fed-leg-hist.htm\n\nSome trivia:\nSupreme Court Justice Scalia hates legislative history, and considers it not useful.\nHe once was quoted to say something to the tone of:\n"I had to exile my clerk to the dungeon to dig through useless pile of legislative junk"\nSo you are not alone in being frustrated with legislative history.\n\nP.S. I hope you are paid for this thankless task.
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well you're right in your case "a liberation from earth" but I think that Bush has finally realized that we are really over there for no reason anymore.  We talked about this in class it is just like the Vietnam "conflict", were over there and invaded them but now, how do we leave? Nixon and LBJ didn't know and big surprise Bush doesn't either.  So our guys are over there fighting ghosts.