McCain Parrots FOX Line on Habeas, Attacking Judges in the Name of National Security
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Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and president of the National Lawyers Guild. (organizations shown for identification purposes only; the views expressed in this article are solely those of the writer; she is not acting on behalf of these organizations). Cohn is the author of Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law. Her articles are archived at www.marjoriecohn.com.
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