Bush and Habeas Corpus: Gutting the Constitution

John W. Whitehead March 31st, 2008

Incredibly, President Bush would have us believe that the rights of citizenship are only as good as the ground a citizen literally stands on. In recent oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving Mohammad Munaf and Shawqi Omar, a Bush Administration lawyer argued that "American citizens, when they go abroad, they have to take what they get."

Munaf and Omar, both American citizens, were arrested in Iraq by American military personnel and have been in the custody of … (Read More)

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