You may not recognize him, but hes been looking out for you.
Habeas Corpus has never had a very high profile, but for more than 700 years this quiet hero has stood watch over some basic principles of fairness and human dignity. When the Constitution was written, he was there. Since 1215, in fact, hes been a humble, but unflagging, champion of justice and due process of law. …
Something happened last year, and now Habeas Corpus is missing.
Some time on the morning of October 17, 2006, Habeas disappeared. Eyewitness accounts say he was last seen in Washington, D.C., walking down the Capitol steps in something of a daze. But where he went from there, or where he is now, is anyones guess.
The one thing we know for certain is why he went missing. October 17 was the day that Congress let the president declare Habeas Corpus and other parts of the U.S. Constitution null-and-void for certain individuals.
No, I don’t think I’ve seen him either. More from the ACLU here.
(Via Boingboing)
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