[NYTr] CCR:"Most Important Case of the Decade" 12/5 NYC

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

sent by Jane Franklin"

Tomorrow, December 5, the Center for Constitutional Rights will return
to the Supreme Court for part III of what The New York Times has called
"the most important civil rights case in 50 years." Please go to our
website to learn more about the arguments and principles at stake in
this Guantánamo case. You can also listen to the arguments in real time
tomorrow on C-SPAN radio beginning at 11:15 EST.
http://c-span.org/Radio/web/schedule.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CSR

In the lead up to this historic argument, CCR has been undertaking a
major campaign to highlight the importance of this case. As part of
this campaign we produced a television ad featuring actor and activist
Danny Glover speaking about Bush administration's destruction of the
Constitution. This ad was rejected by Fox News, their explanation being
that we could "not document that Bush is in fact 'destroying' the
Constitution." It is airing tonight in the DC area on CNN and MSNBC.

Read more and watch the video.
http://ccrjustice.org/get-involved/action/stop-fox-news-censorship

But the serious story behind the ad is CCR's historic case before the 
Supreme Court, which will in all likelihood determine once and for all 
whether there is a constitutional right to habeas corpus - that is, a
fair hearing before a real court - for everyone detained by the U.S.
government at Guantánamo.

Read more about Al Odah v. United States and Boumediene v. Bush here.
http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/al-odah-v.-united-states

This new case goes Beyond Guantánamo - we are directly challenging
President Bush's unprecedented power grab, his use of torture in
violation of domestic and international law, and his assertion that he
can hold anyone indefinitely anywhere in the world on his word alone.
The case also challenges the 2006 Republican Congress's attempt to
clear his way with its passage of the Military Commissions Act.

In 2004, CCR won the first Guantánamo Supreme Court case - Rasul v.
Bush - when the Supreme Court ruled that the men at Guantánamo have the
fundamental right to challenge their detention.

Even though you're not in D.C. to see the arguments, you can still take 
action to make sure that our rights - and our Constitution - are
rescued from the hands of the Bush administration, where they have been 
systematically shredded for the past seven years:

? Send President Bush a copy of the Constitution (something he seems to
have forgotten about);
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4089/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=822

? Watch the controversial video with Danny Glover that was rejected by
Fox News;
http://ccrjustice.org/get-involved/action/stop-fox-news-censorship

? Watch our other videos of Eve Ensler and Vanessa Redgrave speaking
out against Guantánamo and forward them to your friends and family; or
http://ccrjustice.org/beyond-guantanamo

? There are many local events tomorrow, check our calendar of events
for actions near you.
    http://ccrjustice.org/calendar

We need your help to restore the damage done to our most basic rights:
join us today and take action to Rescue the Constitution. Let's move
Beyond Guantánamo.