HABEOUS CORPUS: Have Any of you Americans been denied it?
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In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld the courts ruled that an enemy combatant, without uniform, is a war criminal, and could be detained indefinitely (until hostilities end, but until then, indefinitely), and that he could be tried by the US in whatever time frame the tribunal deems necessary.  Next, in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (Hamdi and Hamdan sound similar but are two very different cases) the courts struck down a few of Bush's initiatives but upheld many of the other ones.  Afterwards, the MCA was passed (the military commission act) which allows for the Secretary of Defense to decide what is a war crime, it defines conspiracy as a war crime, and suspends habeous corpus for those caught as enemy combatants.  \n\nNow, with all that behind us, the libs feel they are threatened because someone will be showing up to their house and hauling them off to jail.  Not so.  They would have to be involved in conspiracy to commit a terrorist act or to fight against our own troops to be detained.  If this is what they are doing, then yes, they should be upset about these laws.  If they are just a normal American Joe, however, nothing in these laws will EVER affect them.  Its just another way they want to weaken our national security.  Good question
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Yes, because i do not practice circumlocution my declaration of my explanation. I can claim or assert or express that factuality by means of this justification that you see now.\n\nDo you comprehend my annotation?
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It is just a small part of a big problem. Since 9-11 the govt has been taking more and more of our freedoms from us,(the American People). We have the patriot act, warrentless spying on the American people, no more habeas corpus, it is called FACISM. Very scary.
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Apparently it was never actually filed.  \n\nThere was some issue with the organization that claimed to have filed it.  Details here: http://www.wnho.net/njl_facts.htm
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No, you are not required to participate, but they really bug you if you don't respond. It's pretty essential for our government, especially since representation in the House is decided by the Census.
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In English common law habeas corpus is the name of several writs which may be issued by a judge ordering a prisoner to be brought before the court. More commonly, the name refers to a specific writ known in full as habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, a prerogative writ ordering that a prisoner be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not he is being imprisoned lawfully.\n\nThe words habeas corpus ad subjiciendum are Latin for "(That) you may have/hold the body to be subjected to (examination)", and are taken from the opening words of the writ in medieval times. Other habeas corpus writs also existed, for example habeas corpus ad testificandum ("[That] you may have/hold the body to bear witness"), for the production of a prisoner to give evidence in court.\n\nThis procedure, part of English common law, was considered important enough to be specifically mentioned in the United States Constitution, which says, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." (Article One, section nine).\n\nIn the USA, the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is a civil (as opposed to a criminal) proceeding in which the court inquires as to the legitimacy of a prisoner's custody. Typically, habeas corpus proceedings investigate whether a criminal trial was conducted fairly and constitutionally after the criminal appellate process has been exhausted. Habeas corpus is also used as a legal avenue to challenge other types of custody such as pretrial detention or detention by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to a deportation proceeding.
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Nope that is double jeapordy and you can not be tried.\n\nBy the way I think you mean the Constitution and more specifically the Bill of Rights, not the Declaration of Independence.
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Americans don't question their right to live on stolen land.  Hmmm...do you think that's why we support Israel?  And we also conveniently forget that their ancestors had to struggle with language differences when they came over. And that many cities still have ethnic neighborhoods with signs/newspapers/etc in Polish or some other language besides English.  But we consider that a quaint reminder of our past, while we scorn people who have come over more recently, especially if they have darker skin.  Guess we should modify the Statue of Liberty, since we only accept the tired, poor, and hungry on a conditional basis, and we don't want too many of them!  Geez, you'd think we weren't one of the richest countries in the world!
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This is actually not a question. It's a partial statement. Just because you put a ? behind it doesn't make it a question. Some people have been getting reported because this is against the YA! community guidelines. However, I will try to respond to your non-question. I believe that this is one of the most reasonable questions? statements? partial statements? to be voiced around this community. I think this could be a very viable OPTION. Of course, not every "illegal" may meet all of the requirements, just like not all Americans meet all of the requirements. If there could be a few more reasonable options in place, this might have a shot at working. \n\nI appreciate the explanation of your plan, no matter how brief it was. It shows actual thought and foresight and a solution for their families as well. It's not just rhetoric and propaganda meant to incite people. Not everyone will agree with this suggestion, as someone has already called you a name because of it but at least it's a viable thought/option.\n\nThe statement from someone that said there would be money required out of your pocket to teach them English shows the amount of ignorance in our culture. If they knew any Mexicans they would know that the majority already speak English, as well, if not better than many Americans. I know not all of them do but if they don't their kids do and they learn it from them. All of my family (aunts, uncles, cousins) including my grandparents spoke English and spoke it very well. There were no communication problems. In fact, every Mexican family I know that came from Mexico speaks English.\n\n\nP.S. I was trying to be nice by informing you that there are others who have reported people for not asking "real questions". I still do not agree that your question was one whether it was in the form of a question or a statement. That's not the issue. The issue is what others might do, not me.\n\nI still find your solution to be a refreshing change. I think it tries to make it a win/win situation for both parties involved. Not everyone thinks outside the box. I believe both sides of the issue need to have more of this sort of thinking.
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HR 6166\n\nhttp://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc109/h6166_ih.xml#H973B6A9215D84773A60820A156713DD1\n\nLook at sec 7 Habeas Corpus Matters\n\nAs much as it erks me to agree with a liberal (HAHA) I have to me honest.  This is horrible legislation.  It isn't just about enemy combatants, which I agree the Constitution need not extent to enemies or POW, but it can used against legal resident aliens, merely as guilt by association.  It is just plain wrong.  It flies in the face of our judicial system.  It is guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
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From what i understand there is a American history/trivia style test (100 Q's) and a few other things.  I took this test an failed it.  By the way, Im in the military.
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How about we spend a little more time trying to educate ourselves on how to properly structure a sentence. I'm pretty sure that your family didn't originate in the USofA. So maybe you should count your blessings that they made it to America to begin with.
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No!\n\nAmerica has never had a "Perfect freedom" and we sure don't after Bush has been taking away freedoms, like habeas corpus, which I have asked the elected congress to repeal!
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I have to chuckle....It's funny but true..We Americans did steal it and can't speak it....Spelling is even a whole nother gummy bag. You can tell that from reading some of the questions and answers posted here.
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Americans ask "Do you have a 4th of July?"\n\nAnd the rest of the world says, "Yes, but not the one you have."
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how did you not know?\nthere are seveal things you need to look at.  Where you served any papers or through publication(newspaper).  Did they know where you were at at the time.  you do have an appeal you can file!!!
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turboweegie: Can you cite case-law for your claim that the Courts have allowed the Executive to ignore federal law (FISA) whenever he feels like it?\n\nLast I checked, the Supreme Court has said that just being President doesn't give him a "blank check" to ignore the rules. See Handam v. Rumsfeld.\n\nWe have a Commander-in-Sheik who has publicly admitted to ignoring not only federal law, but the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments, and supports violations of Articles I, III, IV and VI of the Constitution. \n\nWhy do people keep supporting Bush? Some combination of apathy and not being willing to change Horseman in mid-Apocalypse.