Groups Denounce Stealth Senate Amendment on Detainees

(wherein we watch another GopPig sonofabitch try to make Bush a second KING GEORGE)

	Opinions and Documents
	Letter from Judge Gibbons (PDF)69KB New York Bar Association Letter (PDF)66Kb Letter from John Hutson, Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center (PDF)373Kb

Synopsis

As Senator Graham (R-SC) planned to introduce an amendment today to the military appropriations bill that would strip U.S. courts of any jurisdiction over detainees at Guantánamo and other U.S. facilities around the world, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and allies spoke out against this attack on the rule of law, the fundamental principle of habeas corpus and the separation of powers. CCR issued a statement (below), and Judge John Gibbons, who argued the landmark CCR case Rasul v. Bush before the Supreme Court, the New York City Bar and others will have open letters read by senators on the Senate floor (available at top). You can take action by clicking here.