Christopher Hitchens (6/6) on Nicotine Addiction, Smoking, and Libertarians (1996)

July 4, 1996 www.amazon.com Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com On 30 June 2010, Hitchens postponed his book tour for Hitch-22 to undergo treatment for metastatic esophageal cancer that has spread to his lymph nodes and lungs. He first made the announcement of his diagnosis in Vanity Fair magazine. In August, Hitchens discussed his diagnosis with Anderson Cooper on CNN. He told Cooper that the long term prognosis is far from positive and that when you use cigarettes and alcohol, which he has used heavily, you "make yourself a candidate" for the disease. Hitchens also noted the irony that, when suffering from cancer, a patient is referred to as "battling cancer", and opined that the lack of action during which one is receiving treatment is "passive." Habeas corpus /ˈheɪbiÉ™s ˈkÉ"rpÉ™s/, Latin for "you [shall] have the body," is the name of a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. The Suspension Clause of the United States Constitution specifically included the English common law procedure in Article One, Section 9, clause 2, which demands that "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it." United States law affords persons the right to petition the federal courts for a writ of habeas corpus. Habeas corpus petitions are generally filed as pro se cases, and the government (state or federal) is usually ...