Powerful House Democrats have introduced legislation intended to restore the right to habeas corpus.Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), who chairs the Homeland Security Subcommitee on Intelligence, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, announced today the presentation of bills that would reverse "problematic parts of the Military Commissions Act," according to a statement released by Harman's office.
"Both the 'Restoring the Constitution Act' and the 'Habeas Corpus Restoration Act' will bring credibility to the process of detaining terrorist suspects by placing it within a legal framework," the statement begins. "This includes: restoring habeas corpus, narrowing the definition of 'unlawful enemy combatant' as defined in the Military Commissions Act, prohibiting evidence obtained under coercion, and affirming the Geneva Conventions."
Harman herself says in the release, "The Administration has never completely found its way out of the 'fog of law' that set in after September 11."
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