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To: witnesstothefall
"dispensing with Constitutional guarantees in this case "

"The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. "

That's their Constitutional guarantee. It has not been "dispensed with" LOL!

Padilla is making full use of it.

How people can pretend otherwise is beyond me.

5 posted on 11/30/2003 10:56:16 AM PST by mrsmith
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To: mrsmith
Are you saying that Congress suspended the writ of habeas corpus when it passed the Patriot Act?
6 posted on 11/30/2003 12:02:58 PM PST by Iwo Jima
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