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Congress grants Obama free rein for martial law
Congress grants Obama free rein for martial law
Some of the nations most respected legal teams are asking the Supreme Court to take up a
challenge to the indefinite-detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act,
charging the law has created the framework for a police state.
The controversial provision authorizes the military, under presidential authority, to arrest,
kidnap, detain without trial and hold indefinitely American citizens thought to represent
an enduring security threat to the United States.
Congress grants Obama free rein for martial law
Congress grants Obama free rein for martial law
Some of the nations most respected legal teams are asking the Supreme Court to take up a
challenge to the indefinite-detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act,
charging the law has created the framework for a police state.
The controversial provision authorizes the military, under presidential authority, to arrest,
kidnap, detain without trial and hold indefinitely American citizens thought to represent
an enduring security threat to the United States.