Indefinite military detention measure passed on Bill of Rights Day
By ladybugmagic
@ladybugmagic (3978)
United States
December 16, 2011 8:50am CST
It's not front page news, but it should be.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/indefinite-military-detention-bill-passes_n_1152114.html
How do you feel about the measure, and the reporting of this bill's passage? The main news outlets are not reporting it, including those who boast supporting the constitution.
2 responses
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
17 Dec 11
Good god, that bill is over 1,800 pages long. This piece of crap is like the freaking Obamacare bill. Simply put, it looks unconstitutional on its face. There are contradictions in it based on an amendment stating "innocent" people cannot be detained indefinitely, but this bill doesn't require a person to be found innocent or guilty prior to the indefinite detainment. Obama, in his arrogance, withdrew his veto threat when the bill was changed to allow HIM to decide who is detained indefinitely. That's a load of crap. Even if we pretend that he's some paragon of virtue and would never allow an innocent person to be detained indefinitely, what about the next president? Or the next one after that? Of the president 50 years from now?
We've already seen presidents, especially Obama, abuse the war powers resolution to start illegal wars without the consent of congress. This bill, in no uncertain terms, could create another generation of concentration camps like those used by FDR against Japanese Americans.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
17 Dec 11
I would also like to point out something that another poster has brought up on this forum before, this shows how the two big parties are basically the same authoritarian party. The only times they come together consistently is when it involves taking away our freedoms and making the federal government more powerful.
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@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
17 Dec 11
Sickening, isn't it?
How can we fight this? It is, as you said, on face value, unconstitutional. Amnesty international and Aclu are firmly against this.
This bill will cost Obama the vote of many democrats who will then give it to Ron Paul.
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Yeh....love that bipartisanship. I love it when they all reach across the aisle...and grab right on to your civil liberties by the throat and choke the life out of them. 