Why Repeal the Military Commissions Act?
The Military Commissions Act transforms the United States of America from a nation of laws into a nation of power unaccountable to law. It transforms the United States of America from a free democracy into a de facto dictatorship. The following are the major components of the Military Commissions Act: • It revokes habeas corpus, thereby giving the power to imprison people without trial for as long as the President likes • It gives George W. Bush and other top officials legal amnesty for any war crimes he may have committed • It legalizes torture • It creates a secret committee controlled by the President that can declare anyone to be an enemy, and thereby strip away their legal rights guaranteed by the Constitution • It ends protection of prisoners of war by the Geneva Conventions • It removes the right to a speedy trial • It sets up absurd kangaroo courts that fail to meet the most fundamental civilized standards of justice, with unfair trials kept hidden from the American public If e
