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2. End Torture, not Habeas Corpus
Presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd has made defending our Constitution a focus of his campaign with the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, S. 576. The bill addresses the egregious wrongs of last year's Military Commissions Act. It would restore habeas corpus--the right of any person held in US custody to appear before a court to determine whether imprisonment is lawful. It would require that the United States live up to its Geneva Convention obligations on torture. And it would hold any government official accountable for torture and abuse--whether in an interrogation room or handing down orders from on high. Contact your representatives and ask them to co-sponsor Dodd's bill or the House version (HR 1415). You might also ask Dodd's fellow-presidential candidates--Senators Clinton and Obama – why they haven't signed on yet.
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