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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- Call to Action

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 1:17pm
I miss you terribly...we need to keep pressure on all our lawmakers, Democrats as well as Republicans, to bring you back! Our democracy can't survive without you!! -Beverly Seattle, WA "Habeas is more than an idea. It lies at the heart of our national identity and the values each of us holds. For centuries, Habeas Corpus has stood up fo
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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- Honorable

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 1:13pm
Happy Birthday. I believe in you and your power to make us a civilized and honorable people. -Robert Brookline, MA Without you, Habeas Corpus, we're back in the Dark Ages. -William Philadelphia, PA
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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- Your Rightful Place

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 1:07pm
Once found, please wish Habeas the happiest of birthdays. The best gift will be for "we the people" to restore him to his rightful place at the center of our legal system where he belongs. -Carl Port Orchard, WA Although you have been unfairly suspended, we are working towards helping you regain your place in our country. -Rosalie Brookly
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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- Worth Fighting For

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:28pm
The Writ of Habeas Corpus is a freedom worth fighting for. -Joseph, IL
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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- It's Essential

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:27pm
Habeas Corpus is an essential right for all Americans -Paul, KS
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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- Destroying from Within

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:27pm
As President Eisenhower noted, "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without." -Christopher, IN
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06/15/2007
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Happy Birthday Habeas- Lawlessness

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:26pm
Happy Birthday Habeas As long as you are alive it means that we have not totally descended into lawlessness. -Lorenzo, PA
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06/14/2007
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Habeas Sightings: Nantucket Island, MA

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 11:22am
We have just received the following sighting from Nantucket Island, from a painter named Zach Mayberry:
I came up to Nantucket for the summer before my first real gallery show this fall. Last week I was painting the dunes near Tom Nevers Head. I wasn’t really concentrating on what was coming out. The first pass is often more of
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06/13/2007
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New War, New Paradigm?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:42pm
Adam Liptak at the Times has this insightful analysis of the al-Marri decision. Here's the most striking thing for me. Liptak does a good job of articulating the fallacy inherent in the administration's "third way" argument (that is, terrorists do not fit into a criminal or m
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06/13/2007
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Can You Limbo?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:21pm
Anthony Shadid at the Post unpacks the story of one detainee, granted release more than a year ago, who remains a guest at Gitmo's maximum security Camp Six because of confusion over his citizenship.
In the legal netherworld that the U.S. military detentio
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