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Habeas corpus, I knew thee not so well


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Habeas corpus is the name of a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of themselves or another person. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action. (Taken from wikipedia)

Thought some people might to see how their state senators voted on this very controversial topic.  Both of Pennsylvania's state senators voted Yey.


To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. - Motion Rejected


States that voted Nay (14)


Alabama:

Sessions (R-AL), Nay

Shelby (R-AL), Nay

Alaska:

Murkowski (R-AK), Nay

Stevens (R-AK), Nay

Arizona:

Kyl (R-AZ), Nay

McCain (R-AZ), Nay

Idaho:

Craig (R-ID), Nay

Crapo (R-ID), Nay

Kansas:

Brownback (R-KS), Nay

Roberts (R-KS), Nay

Kentucky:

Bunning (R-KY), Nay

McConnell (R-KY), Nay

Mississippi:

Cochran (R-MS), Nay

Lott (R-MS), Nay

North Carolina:

Burr (R-NC), Nay

Dole (R-NC), Nay

Oklahoma:

Coburn (R-OK), Nay

Inhofe (R-OK), Nay

South Carolina:

DeMint (R-SC), Nay

Graham (R-SC), Nay

Tennessee:

Alexander (R-TN), Nay

Corker (R-TN), Nay

Texas:

Cornyn (R-TX), Nay

Hutchison (R-TX), Nay

Utah:

Bennett (R-UT), Nay

Hatch (R-UT), Nay

Wyoming:

Barrasso (R-WY), Nay

Enzi (R-WY), Nay



States that voted Yey (21)



Arkansas:

Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Pryor (D-AR), Yea

California:

Boxer (D-CA), Yea

Feinstein (D-CA), Yea

Delaware:

Biden (D-DE), Yea

Carper (D-DE), Yea

Hawaii:

Akaka (D-HI), Yea

Inouye (D-HI), Yea

Illinois:

Durbin (D-IL), Yea

Obama (D-IL), Yea

Indiana:

Bayh (D-IN), Yea

Lugar (R-IN), Yea

Maryland:

Cardin (D-MD), Yea

Mikulski (D-MD), Yea

Massachusetts:

Kennedy (D-MA), Yea

Kerry (D-MA), Yea

Michigan:

Levin (D-MI), Yea

Stabenow (D-MI), Yea

Montana:

Baucus (D-MT), Yea

Tester (D-MT), Yea

Nebraska:

Hagel (R-NE), Yea

Nelson (D-NE), Yea

New Jersey:

Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea

Menendez (D-NJ), Yea

New York:

Clinton (D-NY), Yea

Schumer (D-NY), Yea

North Dakota:

Conrad (D-ND), Yea

Dorgan (D-ND), Yea

Pennsylvania:

Casey (D-PA), Yea

Specter (R-PA), Yea

Oregon:

Smith (R-OR), Yea

Wyden (D-OR), Yea

Rhode Island:

Reed (D-RI), Yea

Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea

Washington:

Cantwell (D-WA), Yea

Murray (D-WA), Yea

Vermont:

Leahy (D-VT), Yea

Sanders (I-VT), Yea

West Virginia:

Byrd (D-WV), Yea

Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea

Wisconsin:

Feingold (D-WI), Yea

Kohl (D-WI), Yea


States that were mixed (14)


Colorado:

Allard (R-CO), Nay

Salazar (D-CO), Yea

Connecticut:

Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay

Dodd (D-CT), Yea

Florida:

Martinez (R-FL), Nay

Nelson (D-FL), Yea

Iowa:

Grassley (R-IA), Nay

Harkin (D-IA), Yea

Louisiana:

Vitter (R-LA), Nay

Landrieu (D-LA), Yea

Maine:

Collins (R-ME), Nay

Snowe (R-ME), Yea

Minnesota:

Coleman (R-MN), Nay

Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea

Missouri:

Bond (R-MO), Nay

McCaskill (D-MO), Yea

Nevada:

Ensign (R-NV), Nay

Reid (D-NV), Yea

New Hampshire:

Gregg (R-NH), Nay

Sununu (R-NH), Yea

New Mexico:

Domenici (R-NM), Nay

Bingaman (D-NM), Yea

Ohio:

Voinovich (R-OH), Nay

Brown (D-OH), Yea

South Dakota:

Thune (R-SD), Nay

Johnson (D-SD), Yea

Virginia:

Warner (R-VA), Nay

Webb (D-VA), Yea


And then there's Georgia, I guess Chambliss wanted to bail on that vote.


Georgia:

Chambliss (R-GA), Not Voting

Isakson (R-GA), Nay



Post your Thoughts?

Tagged with: Habeau Corpus, Politics

1 Comments

#1 Justin said:

Huh, Nebraska kind of suprises me.....

Good luck with site, btw

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