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    How Should We Treat Non-American Prisoners in American Prisons Casie Alaniz Ashford University Professor Beth Garcia POL: 201 American National Government How Should We Treat Non-American Prisoners in American Prisons How Should We Treat Non-American Prisoners in American Prisons The war on terror has changed how our country sees many things from travel, privacy rights, security levels and a person’s right to due process. The rights of accused terrorists have been stripped due to the need for intelligence

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    The 2001 terrorists attacks mark first attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Following the attacks, the United States vowed to destroy al-Queda. Soon after, the United States would establish Military Commissions to prosecute suspected terrorists. As the Military Commissions have evolved, legal scholars and critics of military practices have challenged the constitutionality of the Military Commissions since the beginning of the war. Those who participated in the terrorist attacks have been detained

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    The Fifth Amendment says to the federal government that no one shall be “deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." Due process is one of many protections the Bill of Rights gives citizens against the government, and being a ‘process’ the term suggests a procedure in its method of protection. “The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, uses the same eleven words, called the Due Process Clause, to describe a legal obligation of all states. These words have as their central

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    Write an essay about the right of habeas corpus in the context of the war on terror. Your essay should address the following subtopics: Explain the historical evolution of habeas corpus, including its English and American traditions. The explanation of its evolution within the American tradition should include the general meaning of the right of habeas corpus in the U.S. Constitution and its relationship to the protection of other civil liberties. Provide examples from U.S. history of

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    Health Care Act to limit the cost of copying and mailing records to a reasonable amount. The plaintiffs therefore received payments of the charges deemed excessive. (Lawskills.com Georgia Caselaw) In the case S09G1664.SouthStar Energy Services, LLC v. Ellison et al. the Georgia Voluntary Payment Doctrine was applied to the claims of the customers of Georgia Natural Gas. In 2006 after the Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act was passed, the Georgia Natural Gas Company modified its billing procedures for

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    Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror Essay

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    ones as well. By using this as a bad guy who has not yet been convicted he will be running free until his case is heard and found guilty. There are many controversy regarding habeas corpus and the one that comes to mind is the one regarding President Bush and the enemy combatants from Afghanistan and Iraq. When it comes to the historical evolution of Habeas Corpus including its English and American traditions Habeas corpus

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    those towers. It was a horrible feeling not to be able to help them. Right after that, President Bush declared the War on Terror and many of our troop members were sent overseas to defend our country and to try to catch those involved on this act of terror. Many people were detained and sent to Guantanamo

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    The war on terror seems to be a never ending story, especially with the current events such as the beheading of two Americans by the terrorist group ISIS. These are barbaric people,whom have no regards for human life, and they need to be stopped.Which brings me to the issue of habeas corpus, and the rights or civil liberties of detainees who have been deemed enemy combatants. To understand the right of habeas corpus in the context of the war on terror, you must first understand the historical evolution

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    government to an examination of civil liberties in the context of the war on terror. The Final Paper represents 20% of the overall course grade. Soon after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Bush administration developed a plan for holding and interrogating captured prisoners. They were

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    Mickens v. Taylor, 535 U.S. 162, 122 S. Ct. 1237, 152 L. Ed. 2d 291 (2002) Facts: Mickens (respondent) was indicted the planned homicide of Lobby, and he was sentenced to death. After five years he recorded a request for a writ of habeas corpus. In the writ he asserted that he had been denied of successful help of insight since one of his court-selected lawyers had an irreconcilable circumstance, to be specific, his lead trial lawyer Saunders had spoken to Lobby at the season of the homicide.

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