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...with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide for the continuity of government in the wake of insurrection or an atomic attack. He sought to put together an emergency process whereby the President, through FEMA, would temporarily take over broad unprecedented powers, including censorship, the suspension of habeas corpus and the seizure of production, from farms to manufacturing plants. As part of the operation, FEMA might even assume authority over all Defense Department personnel and National Guard forces, according to Guts and Glory, Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s book about North...
...problem with how the suspected detainees at a shutdown Guantánamo would be prosecuted if brought to the U.S. [Dec. 8]. If this were done, he says, "avowed terrorists" might walk away "on a technicality." In light of recent Supreme Court decisions making the writ of habeas corpus available to Guantánamo detainees, this is precisely how those detainees are to be tried, regardless of venue. To downsize a constitutional right into a technicality in the field of American jurisprudence is equivalent to considering gravity a technicality in the field of physics. Franklin Morse II, SUTTONS BAY, MICH...
...problem with how the suspected detainees at a shutdown Guantánamo would be prosecuted if brought to the U.S. [Dec. 8]. If this were done, he says, "avowed terrorists" might walk away "on a technicality." In light of recent Supreme Court decisions making the writ of habeas corpus available to Guantánamo detainees, this is precisely how those detainees are to be tried, regardless of venue. To downsize a constitutional right into a technicality in the field of American jurisprudence is equivalent to considering gravity a technicality in the field of physics. Franklin Morse II, SUTTONS BAY, MICH...
...suit the times. Harvard’s new English program allows for much greater flexibility of study and can incorporate a wider variety of interests.English is no longer a field whose scope can be limited to Great Britain and North America. Literature written in English is truly a transnational corpus, as migration and colonization have spurred the creation of English works from literally every corner of the map. The new common-ground modules emphasize the flexibility and adaptability of the English language and its study, and allow students who are interested in English literature’s diverse origins...
...Obama's victory represents not only a change in the economic order but also the primacy of some fundamental freedoms. It has been our "conservative" party, the supposed champion of liberty, that curtailed the right of habeas corpus, the right to enter into a lifelong relationship with a chosen partner and the right not to be subjected to unwarranted surveillance from our government. Bill Brownson, Woodland, Calif...