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Habeas Corpus, when roughly translated from Latin, means “Your ass is mine.” At least that’s what it used to mean. Unless something extraordinary happens in the Senate this evening, what was once one of the foundations of our system of government, will be relegated to the status of a trivia question.

The House passed the Military Commissions Act by a vote of 253 to 168, with 34 Democrats voting with the majority. The Senate voted down an Ammendment that would have preserved Habeas by a vote of 51-48. As Matt Stoller says, this was the only real chance to put a stop the bill’s passage in the Senate.

So now we wait. I will update this post to mark the beginning of America 2.0.

Update: September 28, 2006, 06:37 PM. That’s the birthdate of America 2.0, where Mom and apple pie can be shoved in your rectum to make you talk.

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