Difference between revisions of "NDAA 2012"
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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012 | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012 | ||
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| − | [[Michel Chossudovsky]] has written that | + | [[Michel Chossudovsky]] has written that |
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| + | |text=New Year’s Eve December 31, 2011 signing of the NDAA will indelibly go down as a landmark in American history. [[Barack Obama]] will go down in history as “the president who killed Constitutional democracy” in the United States. | ||
| + | |authors=Michel Chossudovsky | ||
| + | |subjects=Barack Obama, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 | ||
| + | |source_name=Global Research | ||
| + | |source_URL=http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-inauguration-of-police-state-usa-2012-obama-signs-the-national-defense-authorization-act/28441 | ||
| + | |date=July 16, 2016 | ||
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| + | }} | ||
==Challenge by Chris Hedges et al.== | ==Challenge by Chris Hedges et al.== | ||
{{FA|Hedges v. Obama}} | {{FA|Hedges v. Obama}} | ||
| − | [[Chris Hedges]] challenged the | + | [[Chris Hedges]] challenged the constitutionality of this law, allowing [[indefinite detention]] without charge as it does. The legal process worked its way up to the [[US Supreme Court]], who agreed that lacked until Hedges lacked [[legal standing]] to challenge it. i.e. Before it was applied to him personally, he had no right to challenge it - a kind of [[Catch 22]] situation, since if it were applied to him, he could be held incommunicado unable to challenge it. |
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Revision as of 06:11, 24 September 2016
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| Start | 2012 |
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Michel Chossudovsky has written that “New Year’s Eve December 31, 2011 signing of the NDAA will indelibly go down as a landmark in American history. Barack Obama will go down in history as “the president who killed Constitutional democracy” in the United States.” [1]
Challenge by Chris Hedges et al.
- Full article: Hedges v. Obama
- Full article: Hedges v. Obama
Chris Hedges challenged the constitutionality of this law, allowing indefinite detention without charge as it does. The legal process worked its way up to the US Supreme Court, who agreed that lacked until Hedges lacked legal standing to challenge it. i.e. Before it was applied to him personally, he had no right to challenge it - a kind of Catch 22 situation, since if it were applied to him, he could be held incommunicado unable to challenge it.
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