So, big news on the front this week. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a to the floor (on a party line vote, with only Senator Arlen Specter, R-PA, voting with the Democrats). Findhabeas.com right after the markup, and got significant pickup out in the larger blog world (hits at and ).
Other big stories of the week included jury selection in the trial of an accused FARC terrorist, which I wrote about . And, of course, there was the , the two "enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay slated for "trial" in front of military commissions. Under the Military Commissions Act, the judges said, they didn't have jurisdiction to try these two men. It was a huge setback for the Bush administration, and yet more evidence that the system down there doesn't work.
Finally, Firedoglake hosted a , head of the 老澳门开奖结果's Washington Legislative Office. Good reading. And, as always, for the latest news on the Search for Habeas Corpus, check out findhabeas.com.
