Why won’t Mr. Holder name the 7 attorneys he hired? The 7 attorneys that voluntarily — their cost was picked up by their private law firms — assisted Gitmo detainees get habeas corpus rights? What kind of bias does this show?
Citizens of the U.S. are protected by habeas corpus. Combatants in war who are caught are placed in detention until the war is over.
Say for example that you, an American on American soil, do something and, as a result, you are thrown in jail. Under habeas corpus you will not rot in jail for ever!
Habeas corpus means “bring forth the body!” Your body has to come before a court of law and charges must be made. To which you can enter a plea. If you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided to you. The Public Defender, typically. That’s our American justice system.
In war, no habeas corpus rights attach to combatants. Combatants are not charged with criminal acts. War is different from crime.
Mr. Holder has hired attorneys that sought habeas corpus legal rights for terrorists. But he will not release their names. Why?
These high powered, expensive volunteer attorneys sought rights for terrorist detainees that are not afforded unless the federal system chooses to do so. And now these attorneys work for the Attorney General of the U.S.
What kind of a bias does this show on Mr. Holder’s part?
What if this was the 1960’s and the Attorney General hired a bunch of attorneys that had voluntarily — for no cost to the clients — protected the Klu Klux Clan? And put those attorneys to work on civil rights projects in the south? How well would that go over?
One could argue that the best way to argue either side is to know the arguments of the other side. But that is not what Eric Holder has done. He is mum as to the names of who he hired.
written by Cameron Jackson DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
