Right now, United States Senators–and the White House–are trying to make an argument against Habeas Corpus.
You did not read that incorrectly.
Key elements of our government do not believe:
- You have the right to know why you are being arrested,
- You have the right to an attorney,
- That you have the right to be treated fairly and justly while under arrest,
- That evidence of your detainment must be provided in a court of law,
- That you have the right to a trial,
- That you have the right to notify others you have been detained,
- And that the government does not have the right to hold you indefinitely.
Senators and our White House are arguing that if you are an “enemy combatant” (and that definition is incredibly vague; essentially, if the government says you are, you are) that you do not have these rights.