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LEARN MORE > The Military Commissions Act and Habeas Corpus > Habeas Corpus FAQs NEWS > ACLU Continues Monitoring Illegitimate Guantánamo Hearings This Week (3/12/2008) > ACLU to Monitor Guantánamo Military Hearing Wednesday (12/4/2007) > ACLU Names Inside-the-Beltway 'Best and Worst' for Civil Liberties in 2007 (1/3/2008) > Military Commission Judge Rebuffs Bush Administration and Applies Geneva Conventions to Guantánamo Detainee (12/18/2007) > Special U.N. Rapporteur on Human Rights Calls for Granting of Habeas Corpus Rights to Prisoners and an End to Indefinite Detentions (12/12/2007) > Citing Destruction of Torture Tapes, ACLU Asks Court to Hold CIA in Contempt (12/12/2007) > ACLU Cheers House and Senate Intel Bill Conferees for Including Provision Prohibiting Torture and Abuse (12/6/2007) > ACLU Responds to CIA's Destruction of Harsh Interrogation Tapes (12/6/2007) GET INVOLVED Day of Action: Watch a Webcast of the Rally >> FINDHABEAS.COM >> THE FACTS > About the Military Commissions Act > About Detention

The "Great Writ" of habeas corpus is a fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment. Our nations' Founders considered habeas corpus so important to guaranteeing our basic rights that they specifically enshrined it in Article I of the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU has been working tirelessly to restore habeas rights to the Constitution but your help is needed. Take action today!

Information you can use:

> Background on Habeas Corpus
> Habeas Corpus FAQs
> Habeas Corpus Talking Points
> Proposed Legislation Regarding MCA Chart
> Conservative Voices Regarding Habeas Corpus

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