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Habeas Corpus is one of the oldest and most fundamental constitutional rights that exist.

Yet at the end of 2006, Congress passed the "Military Commissions Act of 2006", which gives the President absolute power to decide who is an enemy of our country and to imprison people indefinitely without charging them with a crime.

The Military Commissions Act single-handedly stripped away habeas corpus and due process protections from federal detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison and elsewhere, rendered the Geneva Conventions -- which prohibit the use of torture against those in U.S. custody -- obsolete, gave the President the unilateral authority to decide who is an enemy combatant and who should be put in prison, and granted immunity to administration and military officials who may have committed certain crimes in the prosecution of the war on terror, among other danerous provisions.

The leadership in Congress has promised to bring legislation before the floor that would restore habeas corpus and correct many of the problems within the Military Commissions Act. Some of those votes may happen as early as today!

The "Habeas Corpus Restoration Act" and the "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007" are critical pieces of legislation that will move us much closer to restoring our Constitution and the rule of law.

Please send a free fax below to Senators Schumer and Clinton and your Member of Congress urging them to take a strong stand for our Constitutional rights.

Click here for More Information on the NYCLU's work to restore habeas corpus and end torture.