In declaring that Guantanamo detainees who are not citizens of the USA no longer have the right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the Bush administration has turned this ancient principle, bedrock of liberty in all common law societies, and core of Article 1 of the US Constitution, from a human right into a citizen's privilege.
I can not think of a harder blow to the idea that the US Constitution is a beacon of liberty to the world (if indeed there are still any Americans who think that).
I can not think of a harder blow to the idea that the US Constitution is a beacon of liberty to the world (if indeed there are still any Americans who think that).
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