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DESCRIPTION:“Repealing the Constitution:  The Military Commissions Act of 2006” 
 will be the subject of the Alameda Public Affairs Forum on November 11th, 
 2006, from 7 to 9 PM, at the Home of Truth, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda.  
 Robert Harmon of the National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force will be 
 addressing this important subject.\n\nOn Sept. 28, Congress passed the 
 Military Commissions Act of 2006, which could:\n- allow the Administration 
 to designate any person -- US citizens included -- as an "enemy combatant" 
 subject to summary arrest and detainment with no chance of appeal;\n- allow 
 the Administration to interpret the Geneva Conventions as it sees fit, 
 including as to what constitutes abusive interrogation;\n- partially repeal 
 the 800-year-old right of habeas corpus appeals;\n- permit military 
 commission trials with limited rights of due process and counsel, and in 
 which coerced evidence and secret evidence is admissible, and\n- exclude 
 the courts from reviewing "enemy combatants'" arrest, detention and 
 trial.\nThe presentation will review this law and provide background on the 
 legal history leading up to this point.\n\nRobert Harmon is a 2005 graduate 
 of the New College School of Law. He represents the National Lawyers' 
 Guild's Military Law Task Force, for which he served as a law intern in 
 matters of military and wartime law, including important research in 
 military commission trials. He is a longtime member (and former chair) of 
 the Marin Chapter of the ACLU, and formerly served as a Major, Military 
 Police, US Army Reserve.\n\nThere will be time for questions and discussion 
 with the audience after Mr. Harmon’s talk.\n\nFor further information 
 contact Julie Rufo at jrufo@sbcglobal.net or go to 
 www.alamedaforum.org.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/20/18321933.php
SUMMARY:Repealing the Constitution: The Military Commissions Act of 2006
LOCATION:Home of Truth Center\n1300 Grand St\nAlameda CA 94501
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/20/18321933.php
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