Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Habeas Corpus?

The DOJ is in the process of notifying courts that they no longer have jurisdiction over pending habeas corpus cases, pursuant to the President's signing of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Read a copy of the letter sent to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on October 17 (the day the President signed the Military Commissions Act). The Wall Street Journal has an interesting op-ed piece by John Yoo that points out the power struggle between the Congress and the courts that arose out of the Hamden decision, where Yoo asserts that the Supreme Court tried to take control of the terrorism policy of the Bush administration. For another view, see the MSNBC video link on Keith Olbermann's Special Report on Habeas Corpus at MSNBC.com.

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