On Living Things' rock-solid 2005 debut, singer Lillian Berlin was Iggy Pop with a subscription to The Nation, delivering bracing rockers about how much rigged elections and the Iraq War sucked. Habeas Corpus, named after the legal right denied Gitmo prisoners, has a load of anger and a marginally broader pallet, with more synths per inch. Berlin warns that "the Constitution's goin' AWOL!" on the T. Rex-influenced "The Kingdom Will Fail." The end result isn't as gripping as the debut, but Berlin is still one of hard rock's more compelling politicos.