Written by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D Days ago, the Obama administration demonstrated its dedication to the indefinite detention of Americans, as authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by submitting a brief asking a federal judge to throw out a case challenging the constitutionality of that provision. Among other astonishing arguments made by […]
March 15, 2013 by Chip Wood “For the first time since the election, I actually have some hope.” That’s what one long-time conservative said to me after Senator Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster last week. My friend is far from the only one to feel that way. Paul’s dramatic gesture had conservatives, libertarians and […]
Monday, February 18, 2013 by: J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) These days, political historians are about the only ones who know who Daniel Ellsberg is. That’s because his heyday, so to speak, took place more than 40 years ago. For those who are not familiar with Ellsberg, he became famous during the nation’s most tumultuous […]
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com September 18, 2012 Late Monday night a federal judge in New York, Raymond Lohier, granted the Obama administration an “emergency” stay that temporarily blocks a ruling by U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest last week blocking the NDAA. “Lohier offered no explanation or rationale for the temporary stay. However, the Justice Department has […]
The White House has asked the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals to place an emergency stay on a ruling made last week by a federal judge so that the president’s power to indefinitely detain Americans without charge is reaffirmed immediately. On Wednesday, September 12, US District Court Judge Katherine Forrest made permanent a temporary […]
10th Amendment Center This legislative package is a state-level response to constitutional violations by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) – primarily provisions that authorize indefinite detention. Activists, we encourage you to send this to your state senators and representatives – and ask them to introduce this legislation […]
Posted by Mike Maharrey “It doesn’t apply to you.” I’ve heard that a lot in regards to the detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization act. I prefer to call them kidnapping provisions. What else do you call it when armed men can come haul you off and hold you indefinitely without due process? […]
By Glenn Greenwald In a speech at Northwestern University yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder provided the most detailed explanation yet for why the Obama administration believes it has the authority to secretly target U.S. citizens for execution by the CIA without even charging them with a […]
By Revolution News Network Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 11:45pm There is a very simple, and we think overlooked, reason why the abominations of SOPA and PIPA have appeared like cancerous growths in the House and Senate, and it has more to do than just censoring the internet. It goes deeper than that. It […]