Difference between revisions of "Birgitta Jónsdóttir"
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|political_parties=Citizens Movement, (2009–2013), Pirate Party, (2013–present) | |political_parties=Citizens Movement, (2009–2013), Pirate Party, (2013–present) | ||
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Revision as of 14:43, 16 October 2020
 Birgitta Jónsdóttir    | ||||||||||
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| Born | 1967-04-17 Reykjavík, Iceland | |||||||||
| Party | Citizens Movement, (2009–2013), Pirate Party, (2013–present) | |||||||||
Icelandic MP who was a plaintiff in a case against Obama over the 2012 NDAA
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Legal Case
| Name | Plaintiff(s) | Defendant(s) | Start | End | Description |
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| Hedges v. Obama | Daniel Ellsberg Chris Hedges Noam Chomsky Jenifer Bolen Kai Wargalla Birgitta Jónsdóttir Alexa O'Brien | Barack Obama Leon Panetta John McCain John Boehner Harry Reid Eric Cantor Nancy Pelosi US Department of Defense Mitch McConnell United States of America | 13 January 2012 | 28 April 2014 | The plaintiffs challenged the 2012 NDAA contending that indefinite detention on "suspicion of providing substantial support" to groups such as al-Qaeda and the Taliban was so vague as to allow unconstitutional, indefinite detention of civilians based on vague allegations. The Court of Appeals struck down an initial agreement, and the US Supreme Court concurred, arguing that the plaintiffs could not prove they would be affected by the law, so had no standing to contest it. |
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