If this becomes law, this country is officially dead

[jpsqueetis]

There's something really scary going on in our nation's capital right now.

Recently, the Senate passed a bill (SR 1867) that will allow average Americans to be detained indefinitely without any due process whatsoever or a trial by jury. This is all to protect us from the so-called, bullshit "war on terror." Just think, you could be at home or

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[soma_cat]

I wholeheartedly agree with you. If this treasonous bill manages to pass, I would sure love to see those who voted for it be its first victims, but of course that's not going to happen.

Sunfire's been posting about this in his journal as well:

http://sunfirelion.livejournal.com/

If you look a couple entries down, he's provided a link to where you can sign a petition:

http://www.markudall.com/page/s/20-000-strong-against-detaining-americans-indefinitely-on-u-s-soil

Glad you took the time and made the effort to call your Congressman. Good bunny! *Hugs*

[cyriljackal]

[xolo]

Read the Actual Bill
There's a good reason why Democratic and Republican Senators are in broad agreement over this bill. It's sane, sensible, and makes permanent a number of measures that are already being temporarily enforced by congressional mandate.

The Obama administration is going all-out to excite panic over this bill because it restricts the President and Attorney General from deciding arbitrarily whether a captured terrorist will be tried in civilian or military court, held without trial, or just released. If passed, it will force the administration to follow strict guidelines laid down by Congress, instead of just making up the rules as they go along.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1867pcs/pdf/BILLS-112s1867pcs.pdf is the text of the bill.

[soma_cat]

Page 362, under Subtitle D-Detainee Matters, section 1032, section (b) Applicability to United States Citizens and Lawful Resident Aliens, paragraph 1

[cyriljackal]

The problem is, people who don't pay attention, or gravitate toward fear mongering were easy to get going over this.
I'm not anti-Obama, but maybe the reason the Executive branch doesn't want this is because it does reign in their power. That's ok for other branches to want to limit, it's their job.
Sadly Sunfire and Squeetis seem to not look into what frightens them enough to subdue their worries. Pretty sad to me.

[cyriljackal]

Page 362, under Subtitle D-Detainee Matters, section 1032, section (b) Applicability to United States Citizens and Lawful Resident Aliens, paragraph 1:

(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.-The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.