12/14/2011
By Doug Cunningham
Wednesday was a national day of action protesting a new law that would allow the use of the U.S. military inside the U.S. against U.S. citizens. Occupy Washington D.C. sat in at U.S. Senator Carl Levin’s office to protest the proposed law. Occupy’s Kevin Zeese says this radical change in law will allow the use of the U.S. military against protesters and would allow the military to grab citizens off the streets and hold them indefinitely based on mere suspicion of being engaged in hostilities against the U.S. It’s a major shift since the U.S. has largely banned the use of the military inside the country under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.
By Doug Cunningham
Wednesday was a national day of action protesting a new law that would allow the use of the U.S. military inside the U.S. against U.S. citizens. Occupy Washington D.C. sat in at U.S. Senator Carl Levin’s office to protest the proposed law.
Occupy’s Kevin Zeese says this radical change in law will allow the use of the U.S. military against protesters and would allow the military to grab citizens off the streets and hold them indefinitely based on mere suspicion of being engaged in hostilities against the U.S.
It’s a major shift since the U.S. has largely banned the use of the military inside the country under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the that the bill will say that the homeland will be part of the battlefield "and people can be imprisoned without charge or trial “American citizen or not."
The U.S. Constitution specifically includes the habeas procedure in the Suspension Clause, located in Article One, Section 9. This states that "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it."
Many civill bertairans say this law will abrogate the 6th Amendment:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
The ACLU said:
The Senate voted last Thursday to pass S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would authorize the president to send the military literally anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial. Prison based on suspicion alone.
The power is so sweeping that the president would be able to direct the military to use its powers within the United States itself, and even lock up American citizens without charge or trial.
No corner of the world, not even your own home, would be off-limits to the military.
The Patriot Act is quite draconinaian and needs to be repealed. Why is President Obama, who is a constitional attorney, allowing this act to go into law? He has already indicated a willingness to sign the act into law..
See http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/behind-closed-doors-congress-trying-force-indefinite-detention-bill-americans
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