because of the habeas corpus act a monarch could not put someone in jail simply for opposing the ruler also prisoners could not be held inderinitely without trials.
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The act guarantees an ancient right - that no person can be detained without just cause. To translate: The act guarantees that any person who is arrested may challenge that arrest and detention before a court where the state must prove that the person is accused of some crime and if the state fails to prove this, the person must be set free without delay. This act was made void in part by the Patriot Act; the state need only claim that it is a matter of national security and the person maybe held without cause - and the Patriot Act provides a provision that the state need not prove the cause.
First of all, the Voting Rights Act was in 1965 NOT 1969. The Voting Rights Act was the law that was passed to ban racial dicrimnation in voting practices by the federal government as well as the state and local goverment.
The US Commision on Civil Rights was formed in 1957, and was not a part of any Civil Rights Act. In fact it helped to bring these Act into being. The Commision was doing well until President Reagan fired the Chairman in 1981, replacing a liberal with a conservative. Any nonpartisanship was destroyed by this act.
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