Perhaps the most striking of all the briefs is the one filed by Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania. The withdrawal of habeas corpus, he tells the justices, \ufffdis anathema to fundamental liberty interests,\ufffd and the combatant status review tribunal process is so deeply flawed that it \ufffddemands robust habeas review.\ufffd
Mr. Specter was chairman of the Judiciary Committee when the Military Commissions Act was passed. He was, in fact, one of the 65 senators who voted for it.
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/washington/02scotus.html?hp|NY Times]