last fall, when congress passed the military commissions act, it included a section that prohibited any non-citizen in u.s. custody that the president designated an "enemy combatant" from going to court and exercising the most basic human right – the right to go before a court and ask the government to show that they have a basis for their detention...this prohibition on filing a writ of habeas corpus has meant that people who have been in u.s. custody for more than five years continue to be held with no meaningful judicial review...you can help change this...during the week of june 26th, 2007, activists all over the country will be visiting the district offices of their elected officials or coming to washington, d.c. to tell congress to restore the centuries-old writ of habeas corpus...your elected official's vote is critical to the success of this initiative...
your voice is needed in support of due process and the rule of law to let congress know that the america you believe in does not hold people indefinitely on the judgment of the executive...
peace out <3
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