DN!: Attorneys Ask Supreme Court to Restore Habeas Corpus for Gitmo Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:52:12 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST December 6, 2007 = = = = = = = = = We invite you to visit our newly revamped website that has just launched at http://www.democracynow.org. And you can get your holiday shopping done by visiting our online store. = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Attorneys Ask Supreme Court to Restore the Right to Habeas Corpus for Guantanamo Prisoners * On Wednesday, attorneys for prisoners at Guantanamo called on the Supreme Court to restore the Constitution and grant the prisoners habeas corpus‹the right to challenge their imprisonment before a judge. ³All have been confined at Guantanamo for almost six years, yet not one has had meaningful notice of the factual grounds of their detention,² said former Solicitor General Seth Waxman in his oral arguments. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/6/supreme_court_considers * James Ridgeway on the 2008 Democratic Contenders * With the Iowa Caucus less than a month away, James Ridgeway, co-author of The Contenders, discusses ³the two John Edwardses,² Governor Bill Richardson¹s ³run² for the vice presidency and Sen. Chris Dodd¹s ties to the banking industry. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/6/james_ridgeway_on_the_ * The Battle For Basra & Iraq's Oil * With over 80 percent of the country¹s known oil reserves, Basra holds the key to Iraq¹s economy. Without its revenues the central government in Baghdad would collapse. The struggle for power in Basra is central to the larger battle for control in the new Shiite dominated Iraq. This is a report from Basra by independent filmmaker Rick Rowley of Big Noise films. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/6/the_battle_for_basra * Headlines for December 6, 2007 * - Bush Calls on Iran To ³Come Clean² About Nuclear Activities - Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Appeals Case - Senate Committee OKs Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits - Report: Huckabee Pushed For Release of Serial Rapist - Kucinich Wins Progressive Democrats Poll - Bush To Announce Deal to Help Some Homeowners - Seven Activists Sentenced For Blackwater Protest - 2.4 Million Now in Federal & State Prisons - Former Ambassador Resigns to Protest Treatment of Gay and Lesbians Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/6/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, December 6, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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