[Peacectr_list] FW: "The Most Important Case of the Decade" - Today! ! Take Action to Move Beyond Guantánamo!

[Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine]

From: "J&P Robbins" <robbins at downeast.net>


  Here's a simple action (sent by Pat Wheeler) for 
those who want to participate in mass actions. 
Scroll down to "Send president Bush a copy of the 
constitution" . It's on the CCR web site and easy 
to do. They have over 35,000 letters and copies 
ready to go and are hoping to reach 50,000.
I  just visited the site, it's very simple.
Judy R. 

>Subject: "The Most Important Case of the Decade" 
>- Tomorrow! Take Action to Move Beyond 
>Guantánamo!
>Reply-To: 
><mailto:ccr at mail.democracyinaction.org>ccr at mail.democracyinaction.org
>
>     center for constitutional rights
>
>
>
>Dear patricia,
>
>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 
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t7lcJss6V5ZDtRY4oEMoq7L35xjLncnE>go 
>to our website to learn more about the arguments 
>and principles at stake in this Guantánamo 
>case.You can also 
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rMoJUdmEVjUOuO%2FtirauaLL35xjLncnE>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 
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b7meVL5Ps3AV4uKD%2BeqtsLL35xjLncnE>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.
>
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mp75Q9AbnP7zo1zfGDRqMcYlcVrJLLBf>Read 
>more and watch the video.
>
>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 Guantánamo.
>
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EAq6OGiJRJn3lNq83Ax8G7L35xjLncnE>Read 
>more about Al Odah v. United States and 
>Boumediene v. Bush here.
>
>This new case goes Beyond Guantánamo - 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 Guantánamo Supreme 
>Court case - Rasul v. Bush - when the Supreme 
>Court ruled that the men at Guantánamo 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:
>
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=okOfM4Rb7bMK%2FmSe8wfw6MYlcVrJLLBf>Send 
>President Bush a copy of the Constitution 
>(something he seems to have forgotten about);
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LGNLL2Z6Zhp1BwlNXVqUarL35xjLncnE>Watch 
>the controversial video with Danny Glover that 
>was rejected by Fox News;
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2j6Y4QjWiJxCqH5qXaXk%2BsYlcVrJLLBf>Watch 
>other videos of Eve Ensler and Vanessa Redgrave 
>speaking out against Guantánamo and forward them 
>to your friends and family; or
><http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lUfozMdQRZ6iMB3Q2K3UN7L35xjLncnE>Attend 
>a local event 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 Guantánamo.

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