Habeas Corpus

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Learn about your rights to appear and defend yourself in court and make your case to judge and jury.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: November 9, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Author: ignitelearning

Length: 00:03:26
Rating: 4.74
Views: 4243

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blacksunway (May 10, 2008 at 1:16 am)
PART 4: The suspension of habeas corpus within a jurisdiction must not have any impact on citizens of other jurisdictions, otherwise such jurisdiction sees itself as superordinated, overriding all other ones around the world and especially in occupied countries - what is not acceptable in a civilized world and must not be reachable by the "veto" or any other mechanism.
blacksunway (May 10, 2008 at 1:15 am)
PART 3: Imagine that e.g. Chinese would do exactly the same with U.S. citizen, importing them to from their homes or third-party states (where they work e.g. as journalists) to Chinese jurisdiction, and - of course - expose
them to waterboarding or other kinds of torture. Would it be still perceived by U.S. government as acceptable and opposed only in a passive way due to Chinese vetoes in U.N. security council?
blacksunway (May 10, 2008 at 1:14 am)
PART 2: This is a bullshit which Americans can only defend thanks to their military power.

Imagine that e.g. Chinese would do exactly the same with U.S. citizen, importing them to from their homes or third-party states (where they work e.g. as journalists) to Chinese jurisdiction, and - of course - expose them to waterboarding or other kinds of torture. Would it be still perceived by U.S. government as acceptable and opposed only in a passive way due to Chinese vetoes in U.N. security council?
blacksunway (May 10, 2008 at 1:13 am)
Since civil citizens of other states are being kidnapped from their homes in their own domiciles and forwarded to Guantanamo, where they are then defined as "noncitizen, unlawful enemy combatants", there is nobody in the world except U.S. citizens who could not match this definition when kidnapped and "delivered"
into this hostile jurisdiction which sees itself by allowing such "import" of detainees as an authority NOT confined to a bounded space, but ruling the whole territory of Earth.
reformedfruit (August 7, 2007 at 5:08 pm)
Cool video. Thanks for posting.
Angrynight (April 28, 2007 at 10:53 am)
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ddsharper (March 31, 2007 at 10:57 am)
Article Five of the Constitution spells it out: "The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses [the House and the Senate] shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution . . ." States were also given a chance to propose changes, or amendments. Three-fourths of the states have to approve the amendment for it to become law.
The writ of Habeas Corpus Stands!!
voiyour (March 20, 2007 at 3:44 pm)
History has already viewed Bush's suspension of HC as a mistake. In Hamdan v Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court said Guantanamo detainees retain their Habeas Corpus rights. Military Commissions, sans HC rights, are unconstitutional.