'Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007'

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Senator Dodd to introduce 'Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007'; Bans torture, restores habeas corpus

Raw Story
Tuesday, February 13, 2007   

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) will introduce a bill called the "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007" tomorrow, according to a website his presidential campaign put up today.

The bill will overturn parts of the "Military Commissions Act," signed into law last October, which suspends habeas corpus for "alien enemy combatants."

"I want to see us get back as a nation that supports the rule of law," said Dodd in an Internet video introducing the legislation. "That was our tradition, by and large, over the last fifty years ... and we've watched this administration retreat from those standards, and as a result I think the world is a more dangerous place today because we're unwilling to stand up for the rule of law."

According to the blog Blue Jersey, New Jersey Democratic senator Robert Menendez, who voted for the Military Commissions Act, will co-sponsor the bill.

A video of Dodd talking about the bill is below. The name of the bill has apparently changed since the video was created.

[militarymuscle69]

Senator Dodd to introduce 'Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007'; Bans torture, restores habeas corpus

Raw Story
Tuesday, February 13, 2007   

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) will introduce a bill called the "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007" tomorrow, according to a website his presidential campaign put up today.

The bill will overturn parts of the "Military Commissions Act," signed into law last October, which suspends habeas corpus for "alien enemy combatants."

"I want to see us get back as a nation that supports the rule of law," said Dodd in an Internet video introducing the legislation. "That was our tradition, by and large, over the last fifty years ... and we've watched this administration retreat from those standards, and as a result I think the world is a more dangerous place today because we're unwilling to stand up for the rule of law."

According to the blog Blue Jersey, New Jersey Democratic senator Robert Menendez, who voted for the Military Commissions Act, will co-sponsor the bill.

A video of Dodd talking about the bill is below. The name of the bill has apparently changed since the video was created.

here goes our country. Pass this bill and they will slip through the cracks of our corrupt legal system, be back on the streets killing americans.

[youandme]

here goes our country. Pass this bill and they will slip through the cracks of our corrupt legal system, be back on the streets killing americans.

huh, who is they?

[militarymuscle69]

huh, who is they?

this bill is obviously directed at the guantanamo detanees

[militarymuscle69]

who by the way have zero rights under the geneva convention

[Camel Jockey]

here goes our country. Pass this bill and they will slip through the cracks of our corrupt legal system, be back on the streets killing americans.

A lot of them will just go back to their respective countries, so I'm not sure where you are going with that.

[Dos Equis]

They better hurry up and pass this before they start using the Military Commissions Act to prosecute American citizens, right Ribo?   

[militarymuscle69]

A lot of them will just go back to their respective countries, so I'm not sure where you are going with that.

Oh I am sure you are right, they wouldn't take a trip to Iraq and rejoin the fight, never