Thinkprogress has an exchange between our Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter.
GONZALES: I meant by that comment, the Constitution doesn’t say, “Every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right to habeas.” It doesn’t say that. It simply says the right of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except by —
SPECTER: You may be treading on your interdiction and violating common sense, Mr. Attorney General.
What’s next, a law ‘respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;’?
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