Habeas Corpus is, perhaps, our oldest legal right. It dates all the way back to the Magna Carta in the thirteenth century. What is its purpose? It means, literally, "present the corpse". It says that no government has the right to hold anyone without presenting them with a list of the charges against them.

This right survived as a part of common law until the 19th century, when Lincoln suspended it temporarily for the Civil War. The next time it was suspended was when the military commissions act was passed a few years ago by a republic controlled congress for a republic president; George W. Bush.

It's time now to restore it. No matter which Democratic candidate wins, we need to press them to pledge to restore this most precious right. They are both attorneys, so they understand full well what Bush doesn't; that Habeas Corpus is the bedrock of our judicial system.