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acroyearDispatches from the Culture Wars: Gonzales on Habeas Corpus:
Gonzales on Habeas CorpusHow the fuck did that asshole ever pass a bar exam?
Posted on: January 19, 2007 9:25 AM, by Ed Brayton
This report on DailyKos on the attorney general's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday includes this statement from Gonzales:Specter: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. The Constitution says you can't take it away except in the case of invasion or rebellion. Doesn't that mean you have the right of habeas corpus?
Gonzales: I meant by that comment that the Constitution doesn't say that every individual in the United States or every citizen has or is assured the right of habeas corpus. It doesn't say that. It simply says that the right of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. It's time for Gonzales to step down. An attorney general this ignorant of the Constitution has no business doing that job.
