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Think Progress » Breaking: Senate rejects habeas legislation.
“In a 56-43 vote, the majority of the Senate today voted for legislation that would have restored habeas corpus rights to military detainees and given them “the right to protest their detention in federal court.” But the roll call fell four votes short of the 60 needed to cut off debate.”
If this vote is any indication of the future, it is going to take a very, very long time to restore the freedoms, rights, and checks on power destroyed by the Bush administration.
