While predictable, it is nice to know that that American Bar Association has decided to oppose Ashcroft's Enemy Combatant Policy. According to Reuters:
America's largest legal group on Monday overwhelmingly opposed a Bush administration anti-terrorism measure that bars U.S. citizens jailed as enemy combatants from consulting defense lawyers.
The American Bar Association's policy-making body voted 368-76 to approve a proposal backing the right of U.S. citizens held as enemy combatants to have access to lawyers and judicial review of their status. It also urged the U.S. Congress to establish clear standards and procedures for the designation of enemy combatants and their treatment.
Nice to see the legal establishment get off its fanny, at long last.
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