On Monday AG Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He said:
"There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there’s a prohibition against taking it away," Gonzales said. "Wait a minute," Specter interjected. "The Constitution says you can’t take it away except in case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus unless there’s a rebellion or invasion?"
The reaction was immediate and swift. Mcjoan, in a front page story, called for his impeachment and disbarment on the grounds of stupidity. There were 697 comments, and only one commenter, ConLaw101, even came close to being correct, to which by Egilsson, echoing mcjoan, responded "That's just an absurd, completely worthless position."
Below the fold I will explain why Gonzales and ConLaw101 are correct.
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