Sentences with phrase «scrapped habeas»

The issue of pre-charge detention became a symbolic battle between civil liberties activists and the Home Office under Labour, with many observers noting that the government had effectively scrapped habeas corpus, considered by many constitutional historians to be the foundation of a free society.

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The principles of habeas corpus, the rules against unreasonable detention, let alone basic civil rights, are potentially destined for the United States scrap heap if his purge of unregistered migrants is more than theatrical rhetoric.