Terrorizing Habeas Corpus: Selected Congressional Records of 1995

DocID:cr26my95-50 - Senator Hatch states his desire to get S.735 completed, enters a letter from President Clinton into the record, and explains why he intends to limit habeas corpus.

Sen Harch

Letter from Pres. Clinton

Hatch: Habeas Corpus

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Lieberman: Amendment 1200

Text of Amendment 1200

Hatch: Opposes Amend 1200

Biden: Supports Amend 1200

Specter: Amendment 1200

Lieberman to Specter

Biden: GOA Letter

Judiciary Committee Excerpts

Hatch: Table Amend 1200

Roll Call 233 Leg

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S.735: Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act of 1995 - June 5, 1995

Senate

Sen Robert Dole's comments.

Sen Orin Hatch and Diane Feinstein Spar over explosives taggants.

Sen Robert Dole Offers Cloture Motion

Hatch Uses Oklahoma City's victims in the bombing of the Federal Building as a rational to rescind Habeas Corpus rights.

Hatch Admits that rescinding Habeas Corpus rights is not a preventive measure to curb terrorism.

Feinstein proposes adding taggants to manufactured explosives to aid in their tracking after being used in a criminal act.

Feingstein's taggant Amendment num. 1202.

Feinstein offers arguments in favor of taggant amendment

Feinstein supports the taking of Habeas Corpus rights from convicted individuals.

Hatch thanks Feinstein for her support of his theft of habeas corpus.

Hatch opposes Feinstein's taggant amendment

Feinstein replies to Hatch's opposition.

Hatch claims taggant amendment economic burden, enters letter from Unimin Corp Opposition as evidence.

Feinsten's mentions the three criteria necessary to be met in her amendment.

Hatch firces the Feinstein taggant amendment onto the table without an up or down vote.

Rationalising Habeas Theft

Sen James Inhofe supports the theft of Habeas Corpus.

Amend 1203: a minimum $25,000 in property damage must occur, or was intended to occur, before the sentence of 25 years is activated.

Amend 1204

Amend 1205: False ID intended to enable underage purchase of liquor is pressed into the Terror Prevention Bill.

Pressler Argues for the passage of amendment 1205

Washinton Post article from 06.02.1995

Amend 1206

Hatch offers Coal Mining company's, ARCO Coal Co., letter in opposition to taggant amendment.

Hatch argues for the therf of Habeas theft

Amend 1207

Hatch Again Invokes Oklahoma City Dead to rationalise the passage of his habeas corpus reduction legislation.

Hatch Enters a list of the Oklahoma City dead.

Hatch admits again that Habeas Corus reduction is not a terror preventative.

Sen Joe Biden's Arguments in Opposition to the theft of habeas corpus.

Republicans failed to include proposals on wiretaps, taggants, and military assistance in cases of biological and chemical terrorist acts.

Republican claiming that the amendments proposed by the Democrats is delaying tactics are really hiding the fact that they are opposed to effective legislation which would greatly aid in prevention of terrorist acts.

The Republican plan to rescind Habeas Corpus rights is the real cause of the legislation's delay.

There is no connection to habeas corpus theft and terror prevention, and using the dead in the Oklahoma City bombing is wrong.

Hatch had attacked Habeas Corpus for eight years prior to 1995.

Sen Biden details the Republican opposition to roving wiretaps used on terrorism suspects.

Sen Hatch blames the Ruby Ridge incident for the Republicans' opposition to rovin gwiretaps.

Biden details the reasons why habeas corpus reduction will not prevent acts of terror.

Biden states that the NRA has been effective cowing some Republicans into submission on the taggant issue.

Biden explains that it was the Habeas amendment which caused the excessive time needed to push this legislation to the floor.

Sen Exon arguing the use of Senate Procedures to speed legislation passage.

Hatch, once more, plucks the Oklahoma City heartstrings.

Hatch claims that habeas reform will be effective in preventing terrorist acts.

Sen Larry Craig opposes Feinstein's taggant amendment.

Craig enters NRA letter opposing taggant amendment into official record.

Sen Diane Feinstein's Amendment 1202, which would criminalised the publishing of explosive data, if it was known that it would be used to aid a terroruist act.

Amend 1207

Amend 1209 proposed by Senator Feinstein which would prohibit the distribution explosive manufacturing information with intent or knowledge that such information will be used for a criminal purpose

Feinstein arguse in support of Amendment 1202

Biden supports Amendment 1208

Hatch argues against Amendment 1209 playing sematical games.

Feinstein reponds to Hatch'a criticism

Biden Elaborates upon the purpose of Amendment 1202 - Purpose

Feinstein Modifies the Amendment on the fly whiole on the Senate floor.

Biden compliments Feinstein for her competence.

Further discussion on Amendment 1202.

Feinstein Lists Explosives which need to have taggants added, if possible.