Supreme Court Review of NDAA WASHINGTON, D.C. — In refusing to hear a legal challenge to the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA), the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the President and the U.S. military can arrest and indefinitely detain individuals, including American citizens. By denying without […]
Month: May 2014
NDAA 2012 Abolishes Civil Liberties
Congress and Obama Ignore Constitution With NDAA 2012 Obama, the biggest critic of Bush’s violation of civil liberties for prisoners of war (POWs), signed legislation removing the constitutional protections of civil liberties for all Americans—not just POWs—on December 31st 2011. Worse yet, both Democrats and Republicans combined to overwhelmingly pass the legislation with 322 to […]