WRIT: Senators need to explain

A writ of habeas corpus, also known as the Great Writ, is a summons with the force of a court order; it is addressed to the custodian (a prison official for example) and demands that a prisoner be taken before the court, and that the custodian present proof of authority, allowing the court to determine whether the custodian has lawful authority to detain the person. If the custodian does not have authority to detain the prisoner, then he must be released from custody.

The prisoner, or another person acting on his or her behalf, may petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of habeas corpus (wikipedia.org).

Sixty-one senators betrayed you last week. They authorized, as an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act, the indefinite suspension of habeas corpus. We are now officially a police state. Their names are as follows for the state of Idaho: Sen. Mike Crapo and Sen. Jim Risch. We need to ask them what they were thinking.

NICK EPSTEIN

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