2006 US Military Commissions Act

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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Reference

• Official legislation text:
  • 2006-09-22 S3930 (Senate, sponsored by Senator Mitch McConnell)
  • 2006-09-12 HR6054 (House)
• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia: no article as of 2007-08-28; search for "commissions" doesn't find any similar titles
• dKosopedia

Commentary

• 2006-09-30 Venus Envy (webcomic)