check out http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/011907Parry.shtml

Google has over 57,000 hits for Alberto Gonzales habeas corpus  
Constitution

This link will recount the whole incident, at a Congressional  
hearing, between Gonzales and an incredulous Arlen Specter, who  
couldn't believe what he was hearing from the Atty. General.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Basil Forest wrote:

> The first president of the US to decide that he need not accord the  
> right  of
> habeas corpus to US citizens was Lincoln.  See, Ex Parte   
> Merryman,Federal
> Cases No. 9487 (1861);
>
> The Constitution does give the Congress the right under limited
> circumstances to temporarily waive the right of habeas corpus.   
> See  Article I, Section 9.
>
> I doubt your quote from the Attorney General is accurate.  Do you  
> have  a
> cite?
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