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 On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:18:28 GMT, NY.Transfer.News@blythe.org wrote: 
  
 >CCR:"Most Important Case of the Decade" 12/5 NYC 
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 >Tomorrow, December 5, the Center for Constitutional Rights will return 
 >to the Supreme Court for part III of what The New York Times has called 
 >"the most important civil rights case in 50 years." Please go to our 
 >website to learn more about the arguments and principles at stake in 
 >this Guant!namo case. You can also listen to the arguments in real time 
 >tomorrow on C-SPAN radio beginning at 11:15 EST. 
  
 > 
 >In the lead up to this historic argument, CCR has been undertaking a 
 >major campaign to highlight the importance of this case. As part of 
 >this campaign we produced a television ad featuring actor and activist 
 >Danny Glover speaking about Bush administration's destruction of the 
 >Constitution. This ad was rejected by Fox News, their explanation being 
 >that we could "not document that Bush is in fact 'destroying' the 
 >Constitution." It is airing tonight in the DC area on CNN and MSNBC. 
 > 
  
 >But the serious story behind the ad is CCR's historic case before the 
 >Supreme Court, which will in all likelihood determine once and for all 
 >whether there is a constitutional right to habeas corpus - that is, a 
 >fair hearing before a real court - for everyone detained by the U.S. 
 >government at Guant!namo. 
 > 
  
 >This new case goes Beyond Guant!namo - we are directly challenging 
 >President Bush's unprecedented power grab, his use of torture in 
 >violation of domestic and international law, and his assertion that he 
 >can hold anyone indefinitely anywhere in the world on his word alone. 
 >The case also challenges the 2006 Republican Congress's attempt to 
 >clear his way with its passage of the Military Commissions Act. 
 > 
 >In 2004, CCR won the first Guant!namo Supreme Court case - Rasul v. 
 >Bush - when the Supreme Court ruled that the men at Guant!namo have the 
 >fundamental right to challenge their detention. 
 > 
 >Even though you're not in D.C. to see the arguments, you can still take 
 >action to make sure that our rights - and our Constitution - are 
 >rescued from the hands of the Bush administration, where they have been 
 >systematically shredded for the past seven years: 
 > 
 >? Send President Bush a copy of the Constitution (something he seems to 
 >have forgotten about); 
  
 >? Watch the controversial video with Danny Glover that was rejected by 
 >Fox News; 
  
 >? Watch our other videos of Eve Ensler and Vanessa Redgrave speaking 
 >out against Guant!namo and forward them to your friends and family; or 
  
 >? There are many local events tomorrow, check our calendar of events 
 >for actions near you. 
 >We need your help to restore the damage done to our most basic rights: 
 >join us today and take action to Rescue the Constitution. Let's move 
 >Beyond Guant!namo. 
  
 Gitmo is a legitimate holding facility for those who have conspired 
 against and taken up arms against the citizens of the United States. 
 Our government has a responsibility to protect us from those who 
 would do us serious harm if left to move about freely. It appears that 
 you and those like you wish to see the United States and its citizens 
 left vulnerable and exposed to the murderous way of the kind of people 
 who are confined at Gitmo. Shame on you. 
  
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