Chris Dodd Introduces Legislation to Restore Habeus Corpus

Today, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd introduced legislation that would restore Habeas Corpus and other rights to the Military Commisions Act, or the Torture Bill, (which I wrote about here and here) that was just recently pushed through the Senate before the election. From Dodd's website, the legislation...

• Restores Habeas Corpus protections to detainees
  
• Narrows the definition of unlawful enemy combatant to individuals who directly participate in hostilities against the United States who are not lawful combatants
  
• Bars information gained through coercion from being introduced as evidence in trials
  
• Empowers military judges to exclude hearsay evidence they deem to be unreliable
  
• Authorizes the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to review decisions by the Military commissions
  
• Limits the authority of the President to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions and makes that authority subject to congressional and judicial oversight
  
• Provides for expedited judicial review of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to determine the constitutionally of its provisions
  

“We in Congress have our own obligation, to work in a bipartisan way to repair the damage that has been done, to protect our international reputation, to preserve our domestic traditions, and to provide a successful mechanism to improve and enhance the tools required by the global war on terror,” Dodd said.

Now that Feingold is out of the 08 race, one of the candidates that I have my eye on is Chris Dodd. This is a postive statement by Dodd and shows that the Democrats are serious correcting the failings of the Bush Administration over the past 6 years.

Here, is the Matt Stoller's take from MyDD.