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Russ Feingold: “It said no to the Administration and to Congress when they tried to strip the constitutional right to habeus corpus from…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
It said no to the Administration and to Congress when they tried to strip the constitutional right to habeus corpus from prisoners held at Guantanamo.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold highlights the Court's defense of habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo prisoners.

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