Habeas Whatus? Part II

President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act yesterday, which eliminates your rights granted under Habeas Corpus. Keith Olbermann and Constitutional lawyer, Jonathon Turley discuss the act here...



On the way to work today, I heard Chris Dodd saying that he was talked out of fillibustering this bill by other Democrats because the fillibuster probably didn't have the votes. There are times when it doesn't matter if you have enought votes. Some votes are so important and attack the most basic principles that you live by, that you must stand up for them.

Votes like these make it hard to defend claims that Democrats lack a backbone. If Democrats don't stand up for our most basic beliefs, then it makes it diffilcult to stand up for them. By handing over our constitution and endorsing the immoral acts of torture, we are attacking the exact same things the terrorists want to destroy...our rights and freedoms.