No chance for the grave to be reopened this year, I'm afraid ...

Yeh, the bill to restore Habeas Corpus actually "passed" in the Senate with six votes to spare, but a Republican and Lieberman filibuster managed to deep six it again for another session. Fifty-six votes just aren't enough to overcome the 60 needed to resurrect one of the fundamental "writs" (rights) of the American justice system.

They couldn't even get it to go to the President tied to a military funding bill.

Sad--especially for a body of persons who swore to uphold the Constitution ...

But then, maybe not as sad as the turning over of our fighting in Iraq to corporate "soldiers" under the banner of Blackwater Corporation.