Wednesday, October 18. 2006
Have a Corpse?
I used to think Habeus Corpus was the principle that you couldn't be prosecuted for murder unless the police had a body.
Oops.
It's nothing less than the foundation of all our freedoms, and has been a principle of western law since before the Magna Carta. (That's almost 800 years old now, folks).
And it's gone, as of yesterday. Bush is the first president to have the power to suspend Habeus Corpus since Grant did so to try to break the KKK in South Carolina. And see how much good that did.
I can't explain it all that well. But Keith can. That was before it was actualy signed into law.
Watch MSNBC Tonight at 8pm or Midnight EDT for Keith's special commentary on the death of Habeus Corpus - and what it means to you.
UPDATE Here's the Oct. 17th episode. Still, watch the Special Commentary on Wed. the 18th. I'll post a link as soon as I find it.
Oops.
It's nothing less than the foundation of all our freedoms, and has been a principle of western law since before the Magna Carta. (That's almost 800 years old now, folks).
And it's gone, as of yesterday. Bush is the first president to have the power to suspend Habeus Corpus since Grant did so to try to break the KKK in South Carolina. And see how much good that did.
I can't explain it all that well. But Keith can. That was before it was actualy signed into law.
Watch MSNBC Tonight at 8pm or Midnight EDT for Keith's special commentary on the death of Habeus Corpus - and what it means to you.
UPDATE Here's the Oct. 17th episode. Still, watch the Special Commentary on Wed. the 18th. I'll post a link as soon as I find it.
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