http://www.netvouz.com/populist/tag/military-commissions-act?feed=rss populist's bookmarks tagged "military-commissions-act" on Netvouz http://www.populistamerica.com/now_that_you_could_be_labeled_an_enemy_combatant Since Congress recently handed Bush the power to identify American citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and detain them indefinitely without charge, it's worth examining the administration's record of prisoner abuse as well as the building of stateside detention centers. populist Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:53:21 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/outside_looking_in The worst components of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) -- the permanent dismissal of habeas and the retroactive protection of torture/murderers -- are ex post facto law, plain and simple. The Constitution says that no ex post facto law shall be passed, period. populist Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:52:21 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/somebody_got_to_the_zebra Robertson's Habeas Corpus ruling is not just unConstitutional -- it is anti-Constitutional. "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed", the Constitution says. populist Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:35:00 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_torture_king_target_america With the passing of the the Military Commissions Act of 2006, almost 800 years of international precedence to protect human rights through habeas corpus law was nullified into non-existence and replaced by a new and terrifying expansion of tyrannical Executive rule. populist Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:20:59 GMT