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|    Gunther Eagleman to Lee    |
|    Re: GOP Congress Just Deleted Part Of Th    |
|    07 Aug 25 20:06:05    |
      XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.atheism, alt.politics.trump       XPost: rec.arts.tv       From: fucktrump2025a@sacbee.con              Lee wrote:              >       >       >       >       >Congress Just Deleted Habeas Corpus       >From The Constitution On Its Website       >Aug 6       >       >Section 9 includes eight different       >clauses, but likely the most       >relevant to the Republican       >leadership is the right of habeas       >corpus. “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,” reads the       >Constitution. At least the copy       >maintained by the non-profit       >National Constitution Center reads       >that way, because the congressional       >version skips it entirely. The       >Trump administration struggles       >mightily with habeas corpus, the       >provision descended from English       >legal tradition that gives people       >the government locks up — or       >exports to El Salvadoran torture       >camps — the right to force the       >government to explain why.       >Homeland Security Secretary       >Kristi Noem famously floundered       >when asked to define the right,       >but next time she won’t have to       >worry because Congress shot it       >down like a rambunctious puppy.       >       >And it’s just gone… the copy jumps       >directly from the end of Section 8       >to Article II.       >       >https://abovethelaw.com/2025/08/congress-just-deleted-habeas-corpus-fro       >m-the-constitution-on-its-website/       >       >       >              The whole document is an embarrassment and counter to the agenda of our       President. I don't see why it isn't burned. Why don't they just skip       the upgrade and give Trump the $1 billion it's going to cost to upgrade?              Conservative Common Sense wins the day!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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