Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson
"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd
"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....
When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Judge Gives Obama Administration Well-Deserved Slap
In a key ruling defending the freedoms of Americans, a federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the president from gaining the power to detain citizens indefinitely without charge.
Judge Kathleen Forrest ruled that Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act “failed to pass constitutional muster.”
The act, signed into law on New Year’s Eve, grants the U.S. military the authority to exercise police powers on U.S. soil, including the ability to detain “until the end of hostilities” anybody the president feels has supported al Qaida, the Taliban or related groups.
Forrest said the section was unconstitutional because it could be used to block political dissent. In her statement, she pointed out that the provision could have been made constitutional with changes and clarifications in the definitions of the crimes it seeks to cover.
After the NDAA was signed into law, Democrat Sen. Carl Levin pointed out that the law originally had the legal language to limit the president’s ability to hold people indefinitely, but it was President Obama himself who demanded that American citizens be included under the detention law and that the president himself have exclusive authority to invoke the law.
Perhaps a "piece of the puzzle" that DID NOT get put into place? I wonder how many people were even aware of this? MORE rights that THEY are attempting to take away from us.