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(New page: ==Overview== category:us.law.actsThe {{USA}} Military Commissions Act of 2006 is an act of Congress (US) signed into law by president George W. Bush on 2006-10-17. The law...)
 
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** '''2006-09-22''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:S.3930: S3930] (Senate, sponsored by Senator [[Mitch McConnell]])
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** '''2006-09-12''' [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.6054.RH: HR6054] (House)
 
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Revision as of 11:22, 28 August 2007

Overview

The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006 is an act of Congress signed into law by president George W. Bush on 2006-10-17. The law can be used to detain anyone in U.S. jurisdiction, including U.S. citizens, in a military prison without access to a lawyer for indefinite amounts of time, on the mere pretext of suspicion (no evidence required). Previously, the common law principle of habeas corpus [W] prevented this.

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