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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Dodd, Leahy reintroduce Habeas Corpus Restoration Act


Think Progress
Tuesday September 18, 2007

In an e-mail to supporters, Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that they were reintroducing the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act as an amendment to a defense authorization bill today. Last fall’s Military Commissions Act stripped detainees charged as enemy combatants of their right of habeas corpus. Watch Dodd introduce the bill on the Senate floor today:

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