UPDATE: The vote ended up occurring today and resulted in 56-43 (failing to reach the necessary 60 votes) and as a result the bill has been blocked from further consideration.

Following up on a prior post regarding Habeas Corpus:

The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 is likely to be going up for a vote this week and you may find it of interest to follow the informal vote count (below). This legislation is in direct response to a provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (”suspend[ing] habeas corpus for any alien determined to be an ‘unlawful enemy combatant’ engaged in hostilities or having supported hostilities against the United States”). A more complete breakdown of the anticipated vote count is available at restore-habeas.org. Please note that ACS does not take a position on specific legislation.

From the site:

This week, we have a critical opportunity to restore habeas corpus.

The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act gives us a chance to reverse one of the Bush Administration’s many assaults on our civil liberties.

We all want to make America safe from terrorism, but becoming a nation that sanctions the unlawful detention of its own residents — detaining and jailing them without the chance to appear before a judge — does not make us safe. Instead, it violates a value that we have held dear for centuries — safeguarding our individual freedom before arbitrary state action.

See also:

Killing Habeas Corpus by Jeffrey Toobin for The New Yorker