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Subject: JPFO ALERT: R.I.P. Habeas Corpus


ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization

October 19, 2006

JPFO ALERT: R.I.P. Habeas Corpus

On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, another nail was pounded
into freedom's coffin when President Bush signed the
Military Commissions Act into law. Within the Act, the
800-year tradition of Habeas Corpus -- the right of the
accused to face their accuser in court -- was essentially
eliminated.


First, habeas corpus is used almost always in criminal complaints.
Terrorists, POWs, and unlawful enemy combatants (spys, saboteurs, guerillas,
etc.) are not criminals and have never had the protections afforded in the
Bill of Rights (trial by jury, legal counsel, etc.). It's not an 800-year
old tradition. Habeas Corpus has NEVER been afforded those captured in time
of war.

Second, the president's Article II powers trumph almost any other
constitutional provisions. The courts have, for 230 years, unanimously said
so.

Third, the Supreme Court tried to interpose itself in the situation. The
Congress said: 1) We are going to set up, by law, the exact same military
commissions the president originally proposed and 2) We are removing the
whole business from review by the judiciary. This means that the military
tribunals are OUTSIDE the jurisdiction of the courts. Never again can the
Supreme Court meddle with military tribunals. The court was not only
rebuked, it was slapped down hard.

Interestingly, there were over 300,000 POWs incarcerated in 541 camps in the
US during WW2. NOT ONE of them had access to our courts, via habeas or
otherwise. ALL were handled by the military.

The first military tribunal was conducted by George Washington when Maj Gen
Andre was tried as a spy - by a military commission. Andre was hanged within
ten days of being caught behind our lines in disguise.