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Arlen Specter: “I would ask the Senator from Arizona if there is anything in the legislation, 2241, statutory right of habeas corpus…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2007
I would ask the Senator from Arizona if there is anything in the legislation, 2241, statutory right of habeas corpus, which in any way suggests that it is an expansion of the right of habeas corpus to apply to aliens who were not being comprehended in the ordinary understanding of the constitutional right of habeas corpus. Anything at all in the statute or legislative history?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the implications of legislation regarding the right of habeas corpus for aliens.

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