I know they've been discussed here before but I was curious if any of you have been keeping up with the court ruling on last year's NDAA's indefinite detention or this year's NDAA's domestic propaganda provisions?
To update last year's NDAA: The 4th District Court's Judge Katherine Forrest ruled the indefinite Detention sections of the NDAA as unconstitutional (citing the 1st & 4th ammendments). The Obama Administration's response was, and I quote:
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The government construes this Court’s Order as applying only as to the named plaintiffs in this suit.
So, I guess we each have to seperately or in small groups (so as to be "named") sue for the right to not be indefinitely detained.
This year's NDAA allows our government the power to use propaganda domestically.
I find myself nauseated and chilled.
I wonder if the media would have allowed these to pass almost uncovered had there been a Republican in the White House? (not that I think Republicans would do anything different; the NDAAs were one of the few examples of congressional bipartisanship)
I wonder if we will ever wake up to what our government is doing to us in our name?
I wonder if a viable third party could be formed around these issues if the media decided to do the job they get special constitutional protections for and inform the citizenry?