CCR Wins Supreme Court Decision on Guantanamo!

Today is a historic victory for the rule of law. We won! For the third time, the
Supreme Court has upheld the fundamental rights of Guantanamo detainees. In its
historic decision in CCR's case, Boumediene v. Bush, the Court affirmed detainees'
right to habeas corpus. One of the oldest and most basic legal protections, habeas
corpus affords the incarcerated the right to challenge the legality of their
detention before a judge and keeps the king and president from arbitrarily locking
people up and throwing away the key.

We're asking you to take action in two important ways: please make a contribution to
CCR today so we can continue this important work, and please write to the
presidential candidates to demand that they uphold the Supreme Court's decision.

The Administration has delayed, ignored and sought to evade two prior Supreme Court
decisions, Rasul v. Bush in 2004, and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in 2006, both of which
upheld the rights of Guantanamo detainees.

This decision was, in many ways, made possible by the support of so many - the more
than 500 volunteer habeas counsel who have committed themselves to defending the
rights of Guantanamo's detainees, the thousands upon thousands who have acted to
demand that the Constitution be upheld, and all of our supporters, who have made
this work possible. Today, your support is urgently needed, now more than ever, to
ensure that the Supreme Court's decision is implemented and the Constitution
restored.

CCR was the first organization to step forward to defend the detainees, long before
anyone else would take the risk. Please use the link below to donate to support
CCR's work today so that we can continue to take on the risky cases!
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4084/content.jsp?content_KEY=3353

Join CCR today to write to the candidates for President of the United States, Barack
Obama (D) and John McCain (R), and demand that they affirm their commitment to not
only implement the Supreme Court?s decision, but also to close Guantanamo and undo
all of the policies of the Bush administration that have trampled upon our
Constitution.

Click the following link to write to the candidates!
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/6374/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=24940

This six-year-long nightmare is a lesson in how fragile our constitutional
protections truly are in the hands of an overzealous executive. Let us celebrate,
but let us remain vigilant.

Sincerely,
Vincent Warren
Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights

Learn more about this case at the CCR website by clicking this link:
http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/al-odah-v.-united-states