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Tyrone Slothrop
I've already told you -- more than once -- that I'm not talking about expanding constitutional rights. The Bush Administration is proposing to restrict habeas. And see my post immediately above about the substantive law governing habeas claims.
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You've already stated that - as it stands right now - they have no right to the writ.
Given the ridiculous activism from the bench in recent years, who's to say that some sympathetic judge who thinks like Wonk won't just find one?
Why wouldn't the administration want to clarify the actual rule with legislation?
