Shmaebeus Corpus

Yesterday a Federal Appeals Court upheld a section of the Military Tribunals Act which strips a federal detainee of their right to have their imprisonment reviewed by a federal court. The ruling applies to any detainee so long as they are not held on US soil.

The ruling is a victory for the Bush Administration and everyone else who wants to live in a society where a man can be imprisoned against his will and held indefinitely without any ability to challenge the legality of their detainment.