What amendment grants Habeas Corpus?
John Philip Adams
Texas
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Subject: Re: The Constitution
I doubt your quote from the Attorney General is accurate. Do you have
a
cite?
I don't have a citation, but this quotation is accurate; AG Gonzales
said that the Constitution does not grant a positive right to habeas
corpus. An example of "strict construction" taken to the ludicrous
extreme!
David Kiracofe
History
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