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Setting up courts, for instance, is lawmaking--Congress's job, under the Constitution--says A.C.L.U. legal director Steve Shapiro. But instead of asking Congress to pass a law authorizing military tribunals, the President issued an order that "allows the President to circumvent the civil justice system by the stroke of a pen." When defendants in these tribunals challenge their convictions by habeas corpus--if they can--they are sure to argue that the military courts were not established constitutionally...
According to Shapiro, the letter did not address the center funding specifically—it expressed opposition to the entire...
According to Shapiro, who said the figures had been leaked by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the proposed cut has caught the center off-guard...
...Shapiro said he is hopeful the cut will not be included in the final budget...
...Shapiro said he is hoping more legislators will realize the ramifications of the proposed cuts and come to support the effort...