[GJM] Do you know any lawyers to restore the Constitution?

[robert searle]

--- ActForChange <actforchange at act.actforchange.com>
wrote:

> ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE:  April 26th, 2007
> 
> ** URGENT ALERT **
> 
> Restore Habeas Corpus
> 
> There are rare moments when the actions of one
> person can change the
> course of history.
> 
> Now is that moment. You could be that person.
> 
> Our Constitution needs your help. President Bush has
> launched an
> attack on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, one of the
> fundamental principles
> of our democracy.
> 
> Are you a lawyer? Click here to restore habeas
> corpus:
>
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/etZ40NzMyK0COb0BaxJ0Eh
> 
> If you're not a lawyer, please tell every lawyer,
> law student, law
> school dean, law school professor, retired judge,
> retired prosecutor
> and retired public defender you know by clicking
> here:
>
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/etZ40NzMyK0COb0BaxK0Ei
> 
> We are focusing this campaign to members of the
> legal community,
> because there is no constituency that can bring a
> more powerful
> message to uphold the Constitution than lawyers. And
> click here to
> urge your representative and senators to restore
> habeas corpus:
>
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/etZ40NzMyK0COb0BaxM0Ek
> 
> In the fall of 2006, President Bush seriously
> weakened habeas corpus
> by pushing through Congress the Military Commissions
> Act, which strips
> this right from anyone classified as an "unlawful
> enemy combatant."
> Without habeas corpus, detainees are denied their
> chance to challenge
> the lawfulness of their detention in federal court.
> 
> Presently, the U.S. government is free to imprison
> people indefinitely
> -- without charge, trial or other fair hearing, no
> matter how inhumane
> the conditions of confinement or the treatment of
> detainees. Such a
> policy is not only unconstitutional, but also
> fundamentally
> un-American and undermining of our national
> character.
> 
>  You can defend habeas corpus.
> 
> Join the hundreds of lawyers, law students, law
> school deans, law
> school professors, retired judges, retired
> prosecutors and retired
> public defenders who have condemned the denial of
> habeas corpus to
> detainees and have called for full restoration of
> our constitutional
> values. In the face of adversity, adhering to our
> principles does not
> make us less secure, it strengthens us as a nation.
> 
> If you're a lawyer, please sign this petition to
> restore habeas corpus
> and protect freedom, fairness and due process of
> law. Click here:
>
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/etZ40NzMyK0COb0BaxJ0Eh
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for working to build a better world.
> 
> Maia Ettinger
> General Counsel
> Working Assets
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