Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Why Does Habeas Corpus Hate America?

Keith Olbermann did a Daily Show worthy segement yesterday on MSNBC called "Habeas Corpus 1215-2006". Crooks and Liars has the video and transcript. Apparently Bush still hasn't signed the Detainee bill into law, what's up with that?

Olbermann ends by crossing out the amendments in the Bill of Rights that no longer apply if we lose Habeas Corpus. All but the third go. "So as you can see, even without habeas corpus, at least one tenth of the Bill of Rights, I guess that's the Bill of Right now… remains virtually intact. And we can rest easy knowing we will never, ever have to quarter soldiers in our homes… as long as the Third Amendment still stands strong. The President can take care of that with a Signing Statement."

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