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  1. #ACLU: President #Obama Signs #IndefiniteDetentionBill Into Law

    December 31, 2011

    WASHINGTON โ€“ "President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (#NDAA) into law today. The statute contains a sweeping worldwide indefinite detention provision. While President Obama issued a signing statement saying he had 'serious reservations' about the provisions, the statement only applies to how his administration would use the authorities granted by the NDAA, and would not affect how the law is interpreted by subsequent administrations. The White House had threatened to veto an earlier version of the NDAA, but reversed course shortly before Congress voted on the final bill.

    "'President Obama's action today is a blight on his legacy because he will forever be known as the president who signed indefinite detention without charge or trial into law,' said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU executive director. 'The statute is particularly dangerous because it has no temporal or geographic limitations, and can be used by this and FUTURE PRESIDENTS to militarily #detain people captured far from any battlefield. The ACLU will fight worldwide detention authority wherever we can, be it in court, in Congress, or internationally.'

    "Under the #BushAdministration, similar claims of worldwide detention authority were used to hold even a U.S. citizen detained on U.S. soil in military custody, and many in Congress now assert that the NDAA should be used in the same way again. The ACLU believes that any military detention of #AmericanCitizens or others within the United States is unconstitutional and illegal, including under the NDAA. In addition, the breadth of the NDAAโ€™s detention authority violates international law because it is not limited to people captured in the context of an actual armed conflict as required by the laws of war.

    "'We are incredibly disappointed that President Obama signed this new law even though his administration had already claimed overly broad detention authority in court,' said Romero. โ€œAny hope that the Obama administration would roll back the constitutional excesses of George Bush in the #WarOnTerror was extinguished today. Thankfully, we have three branches of government, and the final word belongs to the Supreme Court, which has yet to rule on the scope of detention authority. But Congress and the president also have a role to play in cleaning up the mess they have created because no American citizen or anyone else should live in fear of this or any future president misusing the NDAAโ€™s detention authority.'"

    aclu.org/press-releases/presid

    #NDAA #ExpandedPowers
    #USPresidency #HR9495 #Terrorists #Activists #Trump

  2. My mom brought this to my attention and I was sure that there was something missing, because surely the #police would not #arrest and #detain a 10 year old over a drawing. Well, they did. This upsets me so much.

    thehill.com/changing-america/e

    They say that race was not a factor but I am sure it really was. The police are now saying the kid wasn't questioned... So why take the kid to jail? Her mother was at the school, they did not charge the girl was anything, they just cuffed her and took her to jail knowing they had jack on holding her.

    Their big statement on why this is ok? They asked the kid; that's their big thing. They trusted a 10 year old #child to understand her legal #rights, the implications of being arrested, and the implications of going to jail. She's a black girl. I'm sure that had nothing to do with it, despite #HPD having #DOJ investigation going for police excessive use of force... On and then there's this:

    civilbeat.org/2020/07/aclu-pre

    (Link to DOJ info; staradvertiser.com/2021/10/31/ )

    #Education #Honolulu #10YearOld #Race #Racism #BlackLivesMatter