STACITA.

So, according to the Attorney General for the United States, Alberto Gonzalez, the U.S. Constitution does NOT protect the right of an individual to petition for habeas corpus. Are you kidding me?? Okay, so I might be biased, but a) HC is specifically discussed as a right in the Constitution, b) the right was crafted from British law and c) it's one of the most fundamental protections in democracy from arbitrary imprisonment by the government against an individual citizen.

For real, Alb? For REAL? I thought that we're supposed to be spreading freedom and democracy, and yet YOU cannot find protection for HC in the Constitution -- the bedrock of our democratic state? What the FUCK are they teaching you Harvard grads anyway?

Check out the exchange between Gonzalez and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 17:

Gonzales: There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away. ...

Specter: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. The Constitution says you can't take it away except in cases of rebellion or invasion. Doesn't that mean you have the right of habeas corpus unless there's an invasion or rebellion?

Gonzales: I meant by that comment, the Constitution doesn't say every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right to habeas. Doesn't say that. It simply says the right of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except...

Specter: You may be treading on your interdiction and violating common sense, Mr. Attorney General.