Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus January 24
I was watching The Colbert Report last night, and they did a segment on Alberto Gonzales’ testimony before the Senate. The attorney general stated there was not right of habeas corpus in the constitution. Here is the relevant portion of the US Constitution: Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution states that “the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” You would think that after six full years of this administration, I would no longer be surprised, but this is unbelievable. I wonder if this will affect the president’s already low approval ratings. I am sure there are die-hard Bush supporters that will say that Gonzales is correct. This is a scary world we live in.