Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, literally, you should have the body (the opening words of the writ)
1: any of several common-law writs issued to bring a party before a court or judge; especially: HABEAS CORPUS AD SUBJICIENDUM
2: the right of a citizen to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as a protection against illegal imprisonment
Your Neo Con Republican masters have just reaffirmed the federal government's privilege of arresting you without charge and holding you as long as they please denying you recourse.
It was primarily Neo Con Bush's lies that enacted the initial legislation. Most of your Republican so-called representatives supported taking away hundreds of years of citizen protections.
All Republican Indiana Federal representatives OK's this police state move. Democrats limp-wristedly opposed, but as usual for the most part are dancing with the devil. What a sorry excuse for an opposition party. Register Independent. Send them a message.
