Political Quotes

“What we have here in this full and fair concept is a throwback to an outmoded idea first advanced in the other body that would effectively end all rights of habeas corpus, if minimal State guarantees are satisfied. In other words, there would be no right of Federal review unless the State court decision is totally arbitrary. This makes the previous one-bite-of-the-apple position of the gentleman from Florida look absolutely great. This is probably the throwback amendment to habeas corpus of all throwbacks. I mean, this would effectively end habeas corpus today at the Federal level. It almost says that: Let each State do their own thing on habeas corpus and forget Federal habeas review. That's a totally untenable position that I am surprised my friend, the gentleman from California, would even drag it out on the floor at this late hour. This would end even the very modest advances in the McCollum bill, which are very few, indeed.”