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  • Durbin Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on the Rights of Detainees

    06/12/2008 8:20:33 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 14 replies · 118+ views
    United States Senator Dick Durbin ^ | June 12, 2008 | United States Senator Dick Durbin
    United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruled that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. “The Supreme Court today has reminded this Administration and its Congressional supporters that the fundamental precepts of liberty must be respected even as we work to protect our nation. Giving the detainees at Guantanamo the right to challenge their detention in court is basic to any system of justice.  Today's Supreme Court decision again rejects policies of this Administration that are inconsistent with our Constitution.” Durbin is...
  • Kerry Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Habeas Corpus

    06/12/2008 9:42:56 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 36 replies · 101+ views
    Senator John Kerry ^ | une 12, 2008 | Senator John Kerry
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. John Kerry today made the follow statement in response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision that foreign detainees held at Guantanamo Bay may challenge their detention in U.S. courts: “Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what almost everyone but the Administration and their defenders in Congress always knew. The Constitution and the rule of law bind all of us even in extraordinary times of war. No one is above the Constitution. The historic writ of habeas corpus endures. This is a major rebuke of the Administration’s post-9/11 policies that have divided us at home, alienated and isolated...