• BertramDitore@lemmy.zipEnglish
    103·
    5 days ago

    Ironic, since the writ of Habeas corpus predates even the Magna Carta.

    Habeas corpus goes back to around 1166, which for those keeping track, is only around 600 years before the founding of the USA…

    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
      65·
      5 days ago

      The US was founded on ostensibly three major legal ideas.

      Habeus Corpus.
      Due Process.
      The Magna Carta.

      We don’t seem to currently have any of the three.

      • teamevil@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 days ago

        So the we don’t have a country or laws. The Nazis don’t get to decide who is bound by the law…it’s either all of us or none of us… currently it’s none

          • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
            5·
            5 days ago

            It’s certainly possible. But at this point I don’t see how without bloodshed. Some kind of revolution seems inevitable.

            I’m curious how it will play out in the information age; cameras and digital fingerprints everywhere.

    • theUwUhugger@lemmy.world
      22·
      5 days ago

      I find it so strange how proud Americans are of their constitution, which was copied largely from British laws; who kinda shat on this part of their history…

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
        43·
        5 days ago

        Most americans think any country outside america is like going back in time 100 years, so they are proud of the dumbest shit.

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
      9·
      5 days ago

      The idea of habeas corpus was around long before 1166. We know other much older civilizations had courts and the right to a confront ones accusers.