Word: corpus
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...response to a national or regional emergency during which constitutional guarantees are suspended and civilian control is superseded by that of the military. Martial law is generally more serious than a state of emergency or a state of siege, and more comprehensive than a suspension of habeas corpus or an imposition of preventive detention. It is both a political and a psychological device, which implies that authority begins at the trigger of a gun. In effect, says Farooq Hassan, a Pakistani legal scholar now teaching at American University in Washington, B.C., "martial law is a political weapon to show...
...country rallied around, insisting that if reporters were forced to reveal their sources, news gathering would be impaired. Meanwhile, Farber's lawyers tried manifold appeals to New Jersey courts, to the U.S. Supreme Court, and finally to a federal court in Newark, N.J., seeking a writ of habeas corpus (for unlawful imprisonment) to get Farber released...
...Mark A. Doty Corpus Christi, Texas
...allows for parole and mandatory release, about 60 of the transfers are expected to be released soon. Local parole boards are likely to review the cases and release others who have already spent years in Mexico. Still other prisoners are planning to seek their release on writs of habeas corpus, contending that Mexican courts do not have the authority to imprison anyone in the U.S. Some are even expected to appeal on grounds that the U.S.-Mexican treaty forced them to waive their constitutional rights of due process when they pledged not to contest their convictions in U.S. courts...
Through 1975 Ritter was reversed in an astounding 58% of his civil cases, 40% of his criminal cases and 76% of his habeas corpus cases?perhaps the worst record in the U.S. He has twice been removed from cases by the U.S. Supreme Court for bias. U.S. Attorney Child, in 1,018 pages of complaints, accused Ritter of repeated misconduct, including failing to observe procedural rules, ignoring judicial precedents and ruling capriciously...