Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007

After President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the right of habeas corpus was suspended by the following:

“No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination"

The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (S. 185 or S.A. 2022) is coming to the Senate soon.

The co-sponsors by date are:

Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 1/4/2007
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 2/26/2007
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 2/26/2007
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] - 2/26/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 2/28/2007
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 2/28/2007
Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 2/28/2007
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 3/7/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 3/14/2007
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 3/29/2007
Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 4/17/2007
Sen Obama, Barack [IL] - 4/20/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 5/7/2007
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - 5/9/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 5/15/2007
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 5/22/2007
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 5/24/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 6/5/2007
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 6/6/2007
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 6/11/2007
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 6/12/2007
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 6/13/2007
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 6/22/2007
Sen Byrd, Robert C. [WV] - 6/26/2007
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] - 6/27/2007
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 7/9/2007
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 7/9/2007
Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] - 7/11/2007
Sen McCaskill, Claire [MO] - 7/12/2007

If you would like to urge your Senator to sponser this bill, act now. The ACLU has a page to help find your Senator. Just enter the info, and make the call today!