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This is pretty damn scary.

[Amendment to the General- Section 2241 of title 28, United States Code]
`(e )(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who--

`(A) is currently in United States custody; and

`(B) has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination.

`(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1005(e ) of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (10 U.S.C. 801 note), no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any other action against the United States or its agents relating to any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial, or conditions of confinement of an alien detained by the United States who--

`(A) is currently in United States custody; and

`(B) has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination.'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to all cases, without exception, pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act which relate to any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial, or conditions of detention of an alien detained by the United States since September 11, 2001.

Date: 2006-09-29 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kpht.livejournal.com
how could this even happen? i need to GTFO, like, now.

Date: 2006-09-30 04:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cfred.livejournal.com
Yeah, it's things like this that get the phrase "God keep our land glorious and free" flying around in my head.

Date: 2006-09-30 12:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kpht.livejournal.com
True North, strong and actually free!

Date: 2006-09-29 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stevie-stever.livejournal.com
What this means, IMO, is that this administration will immediately begin lobbying neutral judges at the circuit level to give this shit the go-ahead. It's pretty much as flimsy as the legislation that preceded it which was stricken down by the USSC.

With this, we could declare any illegal alien a terrorist. It is also partially designed to shield US soldiers and interrogators from our courts as well as the ICC (International Criminal Courts, which this administration has been dodging like the plague and setting up bilateral agreements with various contries in order to avoid scrutiny by the Court).

Date: 2006-09-29 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] naturalapex.livejournal.com
did this actually get passed??

Date: 2006-09-29 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scirocco.livejournal.com
It passed the Senate.

Date: 2006-09-29 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kpht.livejournal.com
oh. my. god.

Date: 2006-09-29 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bramblekite.livejournal.com
Oh, come on, Citizen! If you're not an alien and haven't done anything wrong, this totally doesn't apply to you! Go back to sleep! Watch Reality TV! Have a beer or 7! Go back to sleep, America!

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