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LEGAL: Commentary on legal challenges to the U.S. Constitution

GOODBYE AMERICA, HELLO NAZI GERMANY? (Are you an enemy combatant?)
The Military Commissions Act and the Warner Defense Act, signed into law October, 2006 give G.W. Bush and his successors full police state powers, doing away with the Constitution, trashing habeas corpus and retroactively absolving torturers of their crimes. Anyone can be declared an “unlawful enemy combatant” and dispatched by a military commission. The definition of ‘enemy combatant’ is “extremely broad and arbitrary.” This video leaflet uses text from the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Bill of Rights Defense Ctte, the ACLU, and Amnesty International. 7 min. More Details
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LYNNE FREE ON BAIL! 2006
Lynne Stewart received a 28-month sentence, but is free on bail pending appeal.
WWW.LYNNESTEWART.ORG

YOU'LL GO DOWN IF YOU DON'T STAND UP FOR YOURSELF: Lynne Stewart
NYC, April 14, 2003 The night before a million people converged on New York City to protest the Bush-Cheney war on Iraq, Stewart ended her remarks at an evening rally with a poem from Bertolt Brecht: "And I always thought: the very simplest words Must be enough. When I say what things are like Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds. That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself. Surely you see that." 10 minutes, quicktime 4.3 megs - thanks to IMC

SAMI AL-ARIAN TO BE DEPORTED AFTER PROSECUTERS FAIL TO CONVICT ON A SINGLE CHARGE
Democracy Now! Report Monday, April 17th, 2006

FREE SAMI AL-ARIAN www.freesamialarian.com

JURY CLEARS AL-ARIAN OF TERRORISM RELATED CHARGES Tue, Dec. 06, 2005 TAMPA - A former college professor was found not guilty Tuesday of helping to lead a terrorist group that allegedly established a cell in Florida, ending a lengthy trial that balanced allegations of terrorist-related acts against assertions of abused constitutional rights. link
END THE SILENCE: Support Sami Al-Arian (Rania Masri, Columbus GA 11/22/03)
On 2/20/03 Ashcroft's "Justice" Dept., prompted by smear from Clear Channel Communications radio, the PNAC (Project for the New American Century of Imperialism), and the Zionist Lobby, arrested and imprisoned Prof. Sami Al-Arian and Sameeh Hammoudeh ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES CALCULATED TO SILENCE DISSENT. (Nov. 22, '03 interview with Rania Masri, PhD, dir. Southern Peace Research and Education Center) - 7 min.