All Posts Tagged With: "habeas corpus"
America’s Turning Point
The Civil War represents the simultaneous culmination and repudiation of the American Revolution. Four successive ideological surges had previously defined American politics: the radical republican movement that had spearheaded the revolution itself; the subsequent Jeffersonian movement that had arisen in reaction to the Federalist State; the Jacksonian movement that followed the War of 1812; and [...]
23Mar2011 | Jeffrey Rogers Hummel | 22 comments | ContinuedThe Great Writ Then and Now
The Great Writ Then and Now by Wendy McElroy Wendy McElroy (wendy@wendymcelroy.com) is an author, the editor of ifeminists.com, and a research fellow for the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. Habeas corpus is a rarely invoked legal writ, or document, widely considered to be the cornerstone of individual liberty. Also known as The Great Writ, [...]
23Oct2009 | Wendy McElroy | 1 comment | ContinuedThe “Stable Bulwark of Our Liberties”
The U.S. Supreme Court in June struck a blow for the separation of powers and dealt the Bush administration a big setback by ruling that suspects held without charge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to contest their imprisonment under the doctrine of habeas corpus. Simply put, the Court held that the government may [...]
1Sep2008 | Sheldon Richman | 5 comments | ContinuedWe Win One (So Far)
May the government declare a U.S. resident an “enemy combatant,” throw him in a military prison indefinitely, and never charge him with a crime—all without judicial review? The Bush administration says yes. But in a key ruling in June, the same week as the 792nd anniversary of Magna Carta, a three-judge panel of the U.S. [...]
1Sep2007 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedFree Markets, the Rule of Law, and Classical Liberalism
The history of liberty and prosperity is inseparable from the practice of free enterprise and respect for the rule of law. Both are products of the spirit of classical liberalism. But a correct understanding of free enterprise, the rule of law, and liberalism (rightly understood) is greatly lacking in the world today. Historically, liberalism is [...]
1May2004 | Richard M. Ebeling | 1 comment | ContinuedWhat’s Happening?
Every day brings news of another government threat to our liberty. President Bush has asked for a new look at the posse comitatus law, which prohibits use of the military in domestic law enforcement. He also called for “a nationwide program giving millions of American truckers, letter carriers, train conductors, ship captains, utility employees, and [...]
1Oct2002 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedHabeas Corpus to the Rescue
Mr. Jordan is a British journalist. At the old Mark Brown’s Wharf in London, on Wednesday, July 28, 1954, the “Jaroslaw Dabrowski,” flying the flag of Communist Poland, was unloading huge bales of wood wool used for packing. Agile cockney dockers went down into the hold to lash the bales to chains swung from an [...]
1Jun1956 | Alexander T. Jordan | 0 comments | Continued-
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