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Thursday, April 27, 2006
Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus
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Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, it has become necessary to call into service not only volunteers but also portions of the militia of the States by draft in order to suppress the insurrection existing in the United States, and disloyal persons are not adequately restrained by the ordinary processes of law from hindering this measure and from giving aid and comfort in various ways to the insurrection;
Now, therefore, be it ordered, first, that during the existing insurrection and as a necessary measure for suppressing the same, all Rebels and Insurgents, their aiders and abettors within the United States, and all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to Rebels against the authority of United States, shall be subject to martial law and liable to trial and punishment by Courts Martial or Military Commission:
Second. That the Writ of Habeas Corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now, or hereafter during the rebellion shall be, imprisoned in any fort, camp, arsenal, military prison, or other place of confinement by any military authority of by the sentence of any Court Martial or Military Commission.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this twenty fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the 87th.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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Interesting, no? I think Bill Clinton said something along the lines of, 'I always wish I had a war when I was in office. That's what you need to get things done.'
Right on.
Just FYI, here is a short description of habeas corpus.
Lat. "you have the body" Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A writ of habeas corpus is a judicial mandate to a prison official ordering that an inmate be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he should be released from custody. A habeas corpus petition is a petition filed with a court by a person who objects to his own or another's detention or imprisonment. The petition must show that the court ordering the detention or imprisonment made a legal or factual error. Habeas corpus petitions are usually filed by persons serving prison sentences. In family law, a parent who has been denied custody of his child by a trial court may file a habeas corpus petition. Also, a party may file a habeas corpus petition if a judge declares her in contempt of court and jails or threatens to jail her...
The writ of habeas corpus serves as an important check on the manner in which state courts pay respect to federal constitutional rights. The writ is "the fundamental instrument for safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary and lawless state action." Harris v. Nelson, 394 U.S. 286, 290-91 (1969).
from http://www.lectlaw.com/def/h001.htm
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
28th Show Playlist - April 26 2006
Red Sky at Night - David Gilmour - On An Island - Columbia
Then I Close My Eyes - David Gilmour - On An Island - Columbia
The Thin Ice - Pink Floyd - The Wall - Capitol
Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 - Pink Floyd - The Wall - Capitol
The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Pink Floyd - The Wall - Capitol
I Love My Man - Billie Holiday - Carnegie Hall Concert - Verve
Body and Soul - Billie Holiday - Carnegie Hall Concert - Verve
Don't Explain - Billie Holiday - Carnegie Hall Concert - Verve
Sy Borg - Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - Rykodisc
Little Umbrellas - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - Rykodisc
The Gumbo Variations - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - Rykodisc
Street Woman - Ornette Coleman - The Complete Science Fiction Sessions - Columbia
Science Fiction - Ornette Coleman - The Complete Science Fiction Sessions - Columbia
Rock The Clock - Ornette Coleman - The Complete Science Fiction Sessions - Columbia
Taurus in the Arena of Life - Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - Columbia
Hobo Ho - Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - Columbia
Cold Lampin' With Flavor - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Def Jam
Bring the Noise - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Def Jam
NY State of Mind - Nas - Illmatic - Sony
Life's a Bitch - Nas - Illmatic - Sony
The World Is Yours - Nas - Illmatic - Sony
Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park) - Nas - Illmatic - Sony
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Bob Dylan is Stealing My Job
Blow, Wind, Blow - Muddy Waters
You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis
California Sun - Joe Jones
Just Walking in the Rain - The Prisonaires
After the Clouds Roll Away - The Consolers
Let the Four Winds Blow - Fats Domino
Raining in my Heart - Slim Harpo
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
Come Rain or Come Shine - Judy Garland
It's Raining - Irma Thomas
Stormy Weather - The Spaniels
Jamaica Hurricane - Lord Beginner
A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder (Italian version)
Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers
I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine - Dean Martin
Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family
The value of a tree
'One study even suggests patients who can see trees out their windows are hospitalized, on average, 8 percent fewer days.'
Go trees
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
27th Show Playlist - Special Easter Heresy Edition - April 19 2006
Everyday People - Medeski Martin & Wood - Combustication - Blue Note
Easter - Bill Hicks
Sunday's Best - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces - Rhino
Sexx Laws - Beck - Midnite Vultures - Interscope Records
Oral Contraception - Woody Allen
(Scripture Reading: Romans 2:25-29)
Who Needs The Peace Corps? - Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money - Rykodisc
Third Stone From The Sun - Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? - Experience Hendrix
You Gotta Play Miniature Golf - Bill Hicks
(Scripture Reading: Malachi 2:1-4)
Milkman - Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album - Sire
Travelling Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions - Atlantic
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? - Frank Zappa - WOIIFTM - Rykodisc
Dinosaurs In The Bible - Bill Hicks
The Blue Light - Frank Zappa - Tinsel Town Rebellion - Rykodisc
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) - Zappa - WOIIFTM - Rykodisc
(Scripture Reading: Psalm 137:8-9)
The Post War Dream - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - Capitol
God Bless America - Abbie Hoffman
Losing My Religion (Acoustic) - REM
Pro-Life - Bill Hicks
(Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 2:23-24)
Sanctity of Life - George Carlin
Exorcist - Richard Pryor
Bishop's Robes - Radiohead
The Pope - Bill Hicks
Catholic Girls - Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - Rykodisc
Christianity - Bill Hicks
The Ten Commandments - George Carlin
Rollin' Mama Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues - RCA
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On - Motown
When Did I Stop Wanting To Be President - William S. Burroughs
Christ For President - Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Volume I - Elektra
Thursday, April 13, 2006
A Frivolous Conversation by Czeslaw Milosz
My future is a garden where a cook cuts the throat of a rooster.
What do I have, with all my pain and rebellion?
-Take a moment, just one, and when its fine shell,
Two joined palms, slowly opens
What do you see?
-A pearl, a second.
-Inside a second, a pearl, in that star saved from time,
What do you see when the wind of mutability ceases?
-The earth, the sky and the sea, richly cargoed ships,
Spring morning full of dew and faraway princedoms.
At marvels displayed in tranquil glory
I look and do not desire for I am content.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
26th Show Playlist - April 12 2006
Wogen-Brandung-Wonne - Chien Yin Chen - Purr - Tzadik
Mallorca - Julian Bream - Plays Granados & Albeniz - RCA
Suite Espanola No. 1 - Julian Bream - Plays Granados & Albeniz - RCA
Freud - Annie Gosfield - Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires - Tzadik
Brawl - Annie Gosfield - Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires - Tzadik
Illumination - Twine - Reference: - Ad Astra
Labyrinths - Twine - Reference: - Ad Astra
Black Swan - Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall - Colpix
Pharaoh's Den - Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Cosmo Sun Connection - ReR
After the Rain - Pharaoh Sanders Quartet - Crescent With Love - Evidence
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Obviously Five Believers - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Lemonade - Blind Melon - Soup - Capitol
Evening Song - Sarin/Goldberg/Schott - What Comes Before - Tzadik
Bound Unbound - Myra Melford - The Same River, Twice - Gramavision
Soft Blue - Jackie McLean - Jacknife - Blue Note
Marilyn's Dream - Jackie McLean - Hipnosis - Blue Note
Friday, April 07, 2006
Creased Comics
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
25th Show Playlist - April 5 2006
Moonshake - Can - Future Days - Mute U.S.
Klang - Don Byron - You are #6: More Music For Six Musicians - Blue Note
A Whisper In My Ear - Don Byron - You are #6: More Music For Six Musicians - Blue Note
Bebop- Dizzy Gillespie
Evening Song - Sarin/Goldberg/Schott - What Comes Before - Tzadik
Mozambique - Richard Galliano and Michel Portal - Blow Up - Dreyfus
A Go Go - John Scofield - A Go Go - Polygram
Petits Machins - Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro - Sony
Untitled - Kid Koala - Some of My Best Friends Are DJs - Ninja Tune
Basin Street Blues - Kid Koala - Some of My Best Friends Are DJs - Ninja Tune
Untitled - Kid Koala - Some of My Best Friends Are DJs - Ninja Tune
Space Cadet 2 - Kid Koala - Some of My Best Friends Are DJs - Ninja Tune
Cucumber Slumber - Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller - Sony
The Soothsayer - Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer - Blue Note
Valse Triste - Wayne Shorter -The Soothsayer - Blue Note
Praludien and Fugen I, II, III, IV - J.S. Bach by Till Fellner - Das Wohltemperierte Klavier - ECM
Boompah - Elliptical Ferns - Reminiscent of the Future
Silver Surfer - Elliptical Ferns - Reminiscent of the Future
Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror - Elliptical Ferns - Reminiscent of the Future
BLITZ - Elliptical Ferns - Reminiscent of the Future
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