RT:
Not only is the White House fighting in court for the power to jail Americans indefinitely without trial, but the Obama administration is refusing to tell a federal judge if they’ve abided by an injunction that prohibits them from such.
Attorneys for the White House have been in-and-out of court in Manhattan this week to argue that the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, or NDAA, are necessary for the safety and security of the nation. When President Barack Obama signed the bill on December 31, he granted the government the power to put any American away in jail over even suspected terrorist ties, but federal court Judge Katherine Forrest ruled in May that this particular part of the NDAA, Section 1021, failed to “pass constitutional muster” and ordered a temporary injunction.
On Monday, White House attorneys asked for an appeal for that injunction so that they’d be once more legally permitted to indefinitely detain anyone over mere accusations. When specifically asked to answer whether or not they’ve adhered by Judge Forrest’s injunction so far, though, administration attorneys refused to cooperate with the questioning.
Categories: Americas, Defence, Human Rights
Human Rights, International War Crimes Tribunals – all that is only for ‘the losing nations’ and do not apply for ‘the super power’.
Rafiq, please, do not rush to judgement.
In MY country, Constitution ALWAYS prevail.
In YOUR country, women could not vote until 1971.
What a SUPER example of HUMAN RIGHTS.
Now, show some moral courage. Do not MODERATE my comments & publish in Recent Comments.
Sorry, I do not understand your request (regarding moderating your comments). I do not recall that I ‘edited’ or ‘changed’ any of your comments. The comments section is here to permit different views. Unfortunately I came close to US power in Baghdad while you came close to it ‘back home’. Therefore we may have different perspectives.