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Rabbis Against Torture

Invoking centuries of Jewish law, hundreds of American rabbis confront Bush

And now, on June 29, the Supreme Court, led by Justice John Paul Stevens, instructed the president and his chief adviser on the Constitution, Dick Cheney, that they were dead wrong in ordering that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to the prisoners in Guantánamo.

However, this administration and the Republican-controlled Congress may find a way to significantly undermine this Supreme Court decision.

So, there is much more for Rabbis for Human Rights—and other religious organizations—to do to rescue the Constitution. The president is a man of faith, isn't he?

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