"In September 2017, the American was fleeing violence in Syria, where he had traveled to research & document the ongoing conflict there. He was seized by Kurdish forces, handed over to the U.S. military, & the Trump admi. labeled him an “enemy combatant” held him w/o charges."
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"His story might have ended there, with him secretly detained indefinitely, if not for the reporting of The Daily Beast, which revealed his existence to the public. Still, for four months, the government blocked the American’s access to a lawyer and the courts,"
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"--despite his request for an attorney. The ACLU filed a habeas corpus lawsuit in court in Washington, demanding that the gov justify his detention & let him have an attorney. Over the Trump admin’s objections, we ultimately secured a court order enabling us to represent him"
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EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS.. WHY HAVEN'T WE HEARD MORE OF THIS.
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Trump personally interviewed the nominee for this courtpic.twitter.com/7UzHxfg7qR
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Typical. Test the law on minorities. If the majority don’t give a hoot, expand the law to them. By then, it may be too late.
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Unfortunately, we can expect the Trump Administration and the new makeup of SCOTUS to continue attacking the Constitution and the legal rights of American citizens.
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“... if not for the reporting of The Daily Beast, which revealed his existence to the public.” Makes me wonder how many people are in custody that we don’t know about. Pretty frightening.
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Reminds me that I need to make another contribution to
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@jack, The president's dangerous and bombastic twitter account must go. It's time. - 1 more reply
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Trump doesn’t care about anyone but himself. How can any American support him?
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Great job thank you as one who had been imprisoned, for fighting for the forgotten and their human rights. Because of your work 9n our behalf while I was jailed you forced our country jail to stop it's illegal 24hr detention without proper access to recreation.
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I wouldn't want to know what we would do if we didn't have the ACLU. thank you for all that you do for us every single day.
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Wow..thank u ACLU..!!
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