Thursday, August 15, 2013

The Habeas Corpus Myth

The Habeas Corpus Myth - Anthony Gregory - Mises Daily:

"We know many things about habeas corpus. We know that it goes back to the Magna Carta and that the U.S. Constitution affirmed this bulwark of Anglo-American liberty. We know that habeas prohibits jailing people without cause, and that it remained healthy throughout U.S. history, except during wartime, until George W. Bush’s 2006 Military Commissions Act. And we also know that in 2008, the Supreme Court guaranteed basic due process rights for Guantánamo’s inmates. The trouble is that none of these things are true. "

Recommended reading (my post):

Obama Suggests Only Lawyers Understand the Constitution

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)