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Senators introduce the Due Process Guarantee Act
Fri, 12/16/2011 - 12:20pm | posted by Jason Pye
A bipartisan group of Senators have wasted no time in trying to apply a legislative fix to the “indefinite detention” language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was passed last night. The Due Process Guarantee Act (full text below), sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, would ensure the protections that the NDAA would seemingly erase:
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today introduced the Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011, legislation that states American citizens apprehended inside the United States cannot be indefinitely detained by the military.The Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011 amends the Non-Detention Act of 1971 by providing that a Congressional authorization for the use of military force does not authorize the indefinite detention—without charge or trial—of U.S. citizens who are apprehended domestically.
The Feinstein bill also codifies a “clear-statement rule” that requires Congress to expressly authorize detention authority when it comes to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. The protections for citizens and lawful permanent residents is limited to those “apprehended in the United States” and excludes citizens who take up arms against the United States on a foreign battlefield, such as Afghanistan.
According to Feinstein’s office, the list of co-sponsors includes Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mark Udall (D-CO), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Rand Paul (R-KY), Chris Coons (D-DE), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Al Franken (D-MN), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
Call your Senators now and ask them to support this bill!
What bothers me is that this says nothing about US military forces apprehending US citizens abroad.
Dianne Feinstein also voted in favor of #NDAA. Hrm…
This is a dog and pony show… a law to override the law which overrides the Constitution… my God THIS is what’s WRONG with our Country! The NDAA will only go to further stifle our Constitutional Rights without the approval of the Americans, just as the Patriot Act was adopted WITHOUT public approval or vote just weeks after the events of 9/11. A mere 3 criminal charges of terrorism a year are attributed to this act, which is mainly used for no-knock raids leading to drug-related arrests without proper cause for search and seizure. The laws are simply a means to spy on our own citizens and to detain and torture dissidents without trial or a right to council. You can read much more about living in this Orwellian society of fear and see my visual response to these measures on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/09/living-in-society-of-fear-ten…
The once-respectable Dianne Feinstein will go to her grave with her name in the wrong column on the NDAA vote.
Someone with her (former) stature could have taken the kind of stand that would ensure this ‘amendment’ were part of the bill itself, rather than a doomed afterthought that is too-little, too-late.
Instead, she displayed the same moral cowardice that has gripped a horrifying number of her colleagues. For people sworn to protect the Constitution, there is no higher transgression than gutting its very core. Like the rest of 83, her name will live in infamy - permanently attached to any and all evil that will surely stem from this abomination.
Just resign, Dianne. You’ve done enough damage already. It’s time to make way for a successor who can not only clean up this mess, but is strong enough to help ensure that rot like this never comes to pass in the first place. Knowing that some still will, we need a representative with judgement good enough to stand in firm opposition when it does.
Signed,
A mortified constituent.
Think about this as well… We know The European Countries are now in terrible economic shape and cannot pay debts, due in large part directly related to the many years of socialistic/entitlement policies.
It is quite possible our Federal reserve will print as much money as possible to help prop them up with the hope of stabilization, however if that fails and Europe does fail, our banking and financial systems will follow..as a result, there will be a major rush from the people to take their money out….Major Civil unrest may well occur mostly in the heavily populated industrial areas. The local law inforcement agencies will not be able to maintain order….Hence another aspect of this NDAA Bill comes into play as the Military will now have the legal authority for the maintenance of order.
Naturally the government would not tell you this aspect for it would cause Fear.
So they use our money and homes to fix their sub prime scam, now they are going to take away our freedom to fix the global meltdown that they caused?
Over my dead body.
The statement is flawed. It still allows indefinite detention WITH charge but WITHOUT trial. These people don’t understand logic. It should read without charge AND trial.
yeah ,when sometime we have to consider others
If you purchase a service and no time has been specified as to when the service should be completed, the service must be completed in a reasonable time. For example, construction workers cannot use weather as an excuse if they do not show up on sunny days. If there was no agreement made on an hourly rate, the consumer is only required to pay that which is considered reasonable. Thanks a lot.
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The once-respectable Dianne Feinstein will go to her grave with her name in the wrong column on the NDAA vote.
Someone with her (former) stature could have taken the kind of stand that would ensure this ‘amendment’ were part of the bill itself, rather than a doomed afterthought that is too-little, too-late.
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Instead, she displayed the same moral cowardice that has gripped a horrifying number of her colleagues. For people sworn to protect the Constitution, there is no higher transgression than gutting its very core. Like the rest of 83, her name will live in infamy - permanently attached to any and all evil that will surely stem from this abomination.
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