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It is important to note that of all the civil liberties we take for granted today as a part of the Bill of Rights, the importance of habeas corpus is illustrated by the fact that it was the sole liberty thought important enough to be included in the original text of the Constitution.
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www.usconstitution.net/glossary.html
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On Saturday, I attempted to explain the importance of habeas corpus to the foundations of our legal system and our founding philosophy of government. But compared to this editorial in today's WaPo, I failed completely.
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Evoking the central importance of habeas corpus to our system of law, the court wrote: "Executive imprisonment has been considered oppressive and lawless since John, at Runnymede, pledged that no free man should be imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, or exiled save by the judgment of his peers or by the law of the land."
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www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/26/habeas/index.h...
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"President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in Maryland on April 27, 1861, two weeks after the Confederate attack on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Importance of Habeas Corpus, Then and Now:
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www.historywire.com/2007/06/new_yorker_pres.html
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The Once-Great Writ of Habeas Corpus; There is no better example of the importance and value of the Writ of Habeas Corpus than the case of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was freed by a federal judge after being wrongfully imprisoned by New Jersey for almost 20 years.
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www.criminaljustice.org/CHAMPION/ARTICLES/96nov02.htm
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"The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume." --Thomas Jefferson to A. H. Rowan, 1798. ME 10:61 ... "Freedom of the person under the protection of the habeas corpus I deem [one of the] essential principles of our government." -
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The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is considered a bedrock of English law. ... But what is the writ of habeas corpus? A writ of habeas corpus is issued on behalf of an imprisoned person to the party doing the imprisoning.
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This fact sheds light on the importance of the Writ of Habeas Corpus as viewed by the framers of the American Constitution at the time it was established.
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www.habeascorpus.net/hcwrit.html
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Habeas corpus prevents authorities from detaining a person indefinitely without charges; the guarantee of habeas corpus ensures that no one can imprison you without a trial. ... Habeas corpus is essential to political opposition and the rise and maintenance of democracy. Without habeas corpus, a government can simply...
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www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=8006
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