While you were snoozing, in the last 24 hours, Senate rushed through the NDAA again, WITH Indefinite Detention of American Citizens clause. The law, for opponents, has raised concerns about due process rights. The county’s resolution said, in part, that the NDAA could authorize the “indefinite military detention of activists, journalists, lawyers, and other Americans for nothing other than exercising their First Amendment rights of free speech, assembly, and association, thus chilling speech and depriving liberty.” The resolution stresses a need to avoid repeating the mistake of incarcerating Japanese Americans during World War II. reviewjournal/news/clark-county-commission-takes-symbolic-stand-against-indefinite-detention
Posted on: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:03:16 +0000