| Suppose that we take a prisoner in the war on terrorism, and later determine that he's innocent.  But for whatever reason, we keep holding him.  Shouldn't he be able to petition for a writ of habeas corpus? 
				__________________“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
 
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