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Working
Assets Customers Lobby to Restore Habeas
Working
Assets Delivers Petitions to Congress to Urge the Restoration
of Our Basic Constitutional Rights
SAN
FRANCISCO (June 8, 2007) -- Working Assets Wireless congratulates
members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for voting to approve
legislation restoring habeas corpus by passing the Habeas Corpus
Restoration Act.
Working
Assets presented senators with petitions representing more than
4,000 lawyers, retired prosecutors and other members of the legal
community urging the Senate to restore the constitutional writ
of habeas corpus. In the two weeks before the Judiciary Committee
vote, many of these lawyers met with staff or members of the Committee
as part of a campaign organized with the assistance of the Alliance
for Justice and the Equal Justice Society. Lawyers have
unique knowledge of and commitment to the value of habeas and
were effective in convincing senators to do the right thing.
According
to Working Assets President Michael Kieschnick, "This vote
is the first step toward restoring our basic constitutional protections
after six dark years of erosion under the Bush Administration.
It also begins to restore our moral legitimacy in the eyes of
the rest of the world." Kieschnick added, "Contrary
to the Bush administration's claims, the right of habeas corpus
is a triumph of democracy and is the will of the people. Working
Assets customers urge the Senate to finish the job and pass the
Habeas Corpus Restoration Act."
Customers
of Working Assets' services comprise one of the largest independent
citizen lobbyist groups in the U.S. and contact targeted law makers
over 4 million times a year on key political issues.
About
Working Assets
Working
Assets is a social-change organization that has raised over $50
million in donations to politically progressive nonprofits. When
Working Assets members use its cellphone, long distance or credit
card services, a portion of customers' charges automatically go
to organizations working for peace, equality and the environment,
at no extra cost. Members also engage in volunteer activities
and activism campaigns organized by the company in partnership
with nonprofit groups nationwide.
For
more information about Working Assets, visit http://workingassetswireless.com/
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