Cant find any information on this on any major news site.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/17/ndaa-section- 1021-coup-detat-foiled US district judge Katherine Forrest, in New York <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/new-york> City's eastern district, found that section 1021 <http://bit.ly/At2bVR> the key section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which had been rushed into law amid secrecy and in haste on New Year's Eve 2011, bestowing on any president the power to detain US citizens indefinitely, without charge or trial, <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/homeland-battlefield-act-unconstit utional_n_1522587.html> "facially unconstitutional". Forrest concluded that the law does indeed have, as the journalists and peaceful activists who brought the lawsuit against the president and Leon Panetta have argued, a "chilling impact on first amendment rights". Her ruling enjoins that section of the NDAA from becoming law <http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/federal_court_enjoins_ndaa/singleton/> . .. And now, Thursday, Representatives Adam Smith (Democrat, Washington) and Justin Amash (Republican, Michigan) have presented an amendment to Congress an amendment that does just that <http://bit.ly/JtSJn1> . Those who vote against it therefore will be voting clearly, and without any ambiguity, for stripping Americans of their constitutional rights and reducing them to the same potential status as "enemy combatants" and Guantánamo prisoners. The House thus votes for or against the power handed to the executive by the NDAA to hold any of us, anywhere, forever, for no reason. There can be no hiding from this; the lawyers defending the administration's position made that perfectly clear. The Smash Amash Amendment was voted down yesterday in the House 238 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350909 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
