Let the battles for the soul of America begin

good... challenge the hell out of these bastards... throw every legal tactic at 'em that you can think of... make 'em defend destroying the u.s. constitution...

Attorneys for 25 men being held in Afghanistan have launched the first legal challenge of President Bush's plan for prosecuting and interrogating terrorism suspects.

Documents filed yesterday in federal district court here demand that the men be released or be charged and allowed to meet with attorneys. Such a filing, known as a habeas corpus petition, is prohibited under the legislation approved by Congress last week.

That bill says the military may detain enemy combatants indefinitely and, if officials choose to bring charges, the cases will be heard before a military commission, not a civilian judge.

Bush has not signed the bill but expects to do so soon. Supporters say it is a necessary tool in the war on terrorism.

Yesterday's filing initiates what is likely to be a drawn-out legal fight similar to the one over detainees at a U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Detainees there have dozens of petitions pending.

tie the sons-of-bitches up in court for the rest of their goddam natural lives... anything it takes to protect one of the most fundamental principles of what little we have left of our precious constitutional legacy...

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