Forget Obamacare… This Might Be The Most Important Lawsuit in American History
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Despite a mainstream media blackout on the topic, the alternative media is abuzz with this week’s hearing on the constitutionality of the clearly unconstitutional NDAA. In case you don’t remember, section 1021 of the NDAA, which Obama signed into law on December 31 of last year, allows the government to lock up U.S. citizens indefinitely without a trial. At the time of signing, Obama penned a pathetic letter to many of his outraged supporters where he basically said he signed it but he won’t use it. Thanks pal!
In any event, the Administration is showing its true colors by appealing an injunction that judge Katherine Forrest issued against it in May. The injunction was in response to the lawsuit filed by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and others. While the NDAA clearly vaporizes the 5th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution, I believe the real target is the 1st Amendment. By having a law on the books that allows the government to arbitrarily lock anyone up and throw away the key, the government is actually trying to instill enough fear in people that they self-censor speech and become too afraid to criticize the criminal elite political and economic oligarchy.
Tangerine Bolen is one the lead plaintiffs in the suit against the government and she penned a powerful piece for the UK’s Guardian. Here are some key quotes:
I am one of the lead plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit against the National Defense Authorization Act, which gives the president the power to hold any US citizen anywhere for as long as he wants, without charge or trial.
In a May hearing, Judge Katherine Forrest issued an injunction against it; this week, in a final hearing in New York City, US government lawyers asserted even more extreme powers – the right to disregard entirely the judge and the law. On Monday 6 August, Obama’s lawyers filed an appeal to the injunction – a profoundly important development that, as of this writing, has been scarcely reported.
Judge Forrest had ruled for a temporary injunction against an unconstitutional provision in this law, after government attorneys refused to provide assurances to the court that plaintiffs and others would not be indefinitely detained for engaging in first amendment activities. At that time, twice the government has refused to define what it means to be an “associated force”, and it claimed the right to refrain from offering any clear definition of this term, or clear boundaries of power under this law.
This past week’s hearing was even more terrifying. Government attorneys again, in this hearing, presented no evidence to support their position and brought forth no witnesses. Most incredibly, Obama’s attorneys refused to assure the court, when questioned, that the NDAA’s section 1021 – the provision that permits reporters and others who have not committed crimes to be detained without trial – has not been applied by the US government anywhere in the world after Judge Forrest’s injunction.
Full article here.
I would also take the time to watch this short video from one of the co-counsels on the case as to exactly what the government is arguing in court. Not a word from the mainstream media on the most important court case in American history. One that will decide the fate of a law that will effectively dismantle at least a third of The Bill of Rights.
Please share this with everyone that cares about Liberty and The Republic.
Mike
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11:50 am
Who were the authors of this bill and who voted for it ???
9:12 pm
A substantial Majority voted for it, including Marco Rubio of FL. I'm a Floridian and I'm DONE with him now. Also Allen West from FL, another bridge burned. And ALL the candidates for President at the time said they would have signed or voted for it EXCEPT Ron Paul. I was already a supporter and now it's Nobody but Ron Paul for me and for Freedom.
In fact, Ron Paul left the campaign trail and let Newt get ahead there at SC to return to DC and start a move to repeal it then. Obama signed it New Year's Eve, to get it by an unsuspecting sheeple.
But yeah, of Course Romney says he wouldn't Use it either, but he just needs to Have it in case.
11:20 am
John McCain was one of them……..
6:43 pm
ax u r senator,congressman,state senator,or local legislature.?! u r neighbors!!
12:28 pm
If you want to understand the current administrations thinking see the movie USA 2016. It is not partisan but attempt to explain what makes this president different than any we have had before. It is not because he is black. It is not because he is an amateur, as the book implies. It is because he is smart and he is dangerous because he is internally outraged at a mis-perceived injustice. He is determined to correct according to the social theories he has been taught by his "friends."
7:11 am
This is such a joke to even debate this, or even blame Obama for it. Has anyone heard of the Patriot Act, enacted under GWB? In that act are provisions for holding anyone, EVEN US CITIZENS, w/o cause, w/o time limit, and w/o the right to an attorney……..Truth 1, Hate 0…….LOL
2:10 pm
Comments of incompetents should be removed, wasting time and space is more important
12:36 pm
There's that pesky Constitution thing again. King O doesn't need a Constitution, he rules by whatever strikes his fancy at the moment.
1:30 pm
I want my jail cell painted red, white and blue.
6:41 pm
an u wanna bes in da congreessional rotundra, juss lik da asholes of the past.
1:55 pm
What a totally f–ked up piece of sh!t this Obama is!! He has no shame and no love for the American PEOPLE! We already knew he hates America the country. He is a pathetic wanna-be dictator and MUST BE STOPPED!! Where are our Conservative reperesentatives? What are Boehner , Cantor or McConnell doing about this??? Or did they just say "Oh well, there goes some more of our Constitutional rights." I am so sick of this watered down mealy-mouthed do-nothing GOP! Vote them ALL out in Nov.. GO TEA PARTY! God help us!
7:12 am
This is such a joke to even debate this, or even blame Obama for it. Has anyone heard of the Patriot Act, enacted under GWB? In that act are provisions for holding anyone, EVEN US CITIZENS, w/o cause, w/o time limit, and w/o the right to an attorney……..Truth 1, Hate 0…….LOL
Guess King George is actually the man looking to take away your fargin' rights eh?……..HAHAHAHAHA
4:22 pm
Obama signed legislation conceived, authored and almost unanimously passed by the GOP. The guilt lies at all their feet, focusing on BHO is like focusing on Hitler and ignoring the generals and armies actually gaining the ground in Hitler's name. Getting rid BHO won't get rid of NDAA. Getting rid of them all, THAT will get rid of NDAA.
5:14 pm
Why must my comment be approved?. I speak as a free citizen and a Veteran who has a right to comment in any site that is provided for such activity.
9:06 pm
You have the right to submit a post and the owners of the site have the right to not approve your post. Free speech isn't always free…
6:39 pm
freedom is not free ither. so fight 4 u r rights.a sovereign citizen.
11:17 pm
Ooops. Sorry. The web and web-sites are private property, and those using it are obligated to comply with the rules of the owners. Non of this public property nonsense.
5:17 am
It has to be approved because this is ran by obama a.k.a. soetoro and if he doesn't like it he can have you arrested for speaking out against him.
6:04 pm
All our Law Enforcement Agencies and our military should look at the Agenda of this Negro and all his Socialist and refuse to obey any and all orders coming from this clown. WE ARE ALL CITIZENS OF THIS NATION and our first and last loyalties are to GOD, FAMILY and COUNTRY in that order. The job or the money should not be the motivating factor for TREASON.
9:05 pm
"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine."
–John Adams
"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever
from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with
blood for centuries."
–James Madison
"Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies."
- Thomas Jefferson
"The Christian God is a being of terrific character — cruel, vindictive,
capricious, and unjust."
– Thomas Jefferson
"In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people."
- James Madison
8:52 pm
in the king james bible you will not find one place where it tells christians ( followers of christ) to be mean, or to hate, or to sleep with someone elses wife, or to be gay, or to disrespect your authority, or to disrespect your parents, or to be sory and jobless and to live off of welfare, and on and on……….. most religions is a base of hope for living your life for the better not the worse, most people like you, i suppose, is for blaming religion, but jesus said no dicremination reguardless of color or sex he loves everyone EVEN YOU!!!!! so dont hate or blame what you dont understand
5:13 am
No one cares what color obama a,k.a. barry soetoro is, its his policies that are killing my country. I wish Allen West or J. C. Watts was running for POTUS.
7:13 am
This is such a joke to even debate this, or even blame Obama for it. Has anyone heard of the Patriot Act, enacted under GWB? In that act are provisions for holding anyone, EVEN US CITIZENS, w/o cause, w/o time limit, and w/o the right to an attorney. In essence, suspension of Habeas Corpus…….Truth 1, Hate 0…….LOL
By bringing race into your dialogue, you have shown your true issue is race……
5:15 am
Its obama policies that people don't like. Its obama's hatred for America, bowing down to other leaders, blaming others for his problems that people don't like. That is what people don't like about him, vote him in again and go ahead and turn in your guns and tell everyone else to do the same before the government comes and gets them.
6:11 pm
At many points in time we have all been private citizens, will be private citizens or are private citizens. With this thought in mind why would any American obey an order to violate another citizens rights?. This clown in our White House has neither proven he is qualified to run for anything except from the law. As a Veteran I ask you folks presently in our Law Enforcement Agencies or our Military to not obey any unlawful order given you by anyone in our government. Our Nation was provided for us by Divine Intervention and we have an obligation as a Christian nation and a Free People to keep us that way.
9:19 pm
You do realize that this bill was passed by the Republican House, and that the filibuster-loving Republican Senators quashed Mark Udall's attempt to strip this most odious language from the bill?
Or would knowing that require actually require factual knowledge?
3:44 pm
Are You Scheduled for—Indefinite Detention?
Journalists have not zeroed in on NDAA’s vague wording (Belligerent) U.S. Government can use to hold non-terrorists, anyone in Indefinite Detention.
The Obama administration has not defined what they consider militant, or what is against the good of U.S. Government; or what constitutes a belligerent being directly aligned with militants to indefinitely detain Americans without charges. U.S. Government can claim any lawful communication with any person or group the government deems militant is directly aligned e.g. demonstrators. Even writers that exercise the 1st Amendment writing article(s) that disagree with or question U.S. Government or its allies could potentially be subject to indefinite detention on basis there writings were “against the good of America.”
Current NDAA provisions would allow U.S. Government to arbitrarily round up large numbers of Americans, anyone U.S. Government deems a belligerent or threat to National Security. The Obama Government wants the power to incarcerate in indefinite detention any American it alleges a “Belligerent” without probable cause, charges, no right to an attorney or habeas corpus. Some observers believe NDAA included the vague term “Belligerent” so U.S. Government would have authority granted by Congress to—Indefinitely Detain Americans not involved in terrorism who participate in lawful 1st Amendment activities U.S. Government allege—appeared intended or used to support or provoke—hostilities, combatants, terrorism or belligerents; and or threaten National Security.
NDAA 2012 opened the door for corrupt U.S. police; government agents and provocateurs which there are many, to file false reports and statements to target any American for arrest or disappearance. It is apparent some Members in Congress don’t represent the Constitution; otherwise they would not have voted down introduced amendments to the 2013 Defense Authorization Act of 2012 that would have protected Americans’ right to due process of law under NDAA. Sections of NDAA 2012 are so broadly written U.S. Government or the President may be able to (retroactively) deem any American or group’s prior 1st Amendment behavior as supporting hostilities, terrorism or (Belligerent) to order Indefinite Detention. Historical Note: the Nazi Government used similar laws to NDAA to arrest, indefinitely detain, disappear and execute without probable cause—their political opposition and confiscate the property of those arrested.
It should be expected that indefinitely detained U.S. Citizens not involved in terrorism or hostile activities, not given Miranda Warnings when interrogated, not allowed legal counsel or habeas corpus may be prosecuted for non-terrorist (ordinary crimes) because of their (alleged admissions) while held in Indefinite Detention.
12:22 pm
OSAMA IS OBAMA .. THEY DIDN'T KILL BUSH'S CUZIN OSAMA CUZ HE IS OBAMA .. B REPLACED WITH AN S AND MOVIE MAGIC WITH A CLEAN SHAVE ,,, THEY DON'T KILL ROYAL BLOOD … BUSH AND BIN LADEN ARE ROYAL BLOOD.. ROMNEY IS THEIR SECOND CANDIDATE THEY GAVE UP THE GOP IN ORDER TO KEEP ONE OF THEM IN OFFICE.. GET A CLUE AMERICA YOU'RE FUCKED..
6:37 pm
thanks dude!