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Related: About this forumAmericans can be indefinitely detained - NDAA supported by court
Published on Oct 3, 2012 by RTAmerica
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the US government can indefinitely detain anyone under the National Defense Authorization Act. This comes as a blow to the ruling that was given earlier this year, when US District Court Judge Catherine Forrest ruled that the NDAA was unconstitutional. So what does this mean for journalists and why was it overturned? Carl Mayer, attorney for The Mayer Law Group, joins us with the latest.
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Americans can be indefinitely detained - NDAA supported by court (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2012
OP
yes-- you might almost get the impression that the Democrats are beholden to
NoMoreWarNow
Oct 2012
#3
kooljerk666
(776 posts)1. it figures...............
this crap & drone strikes & no one from wall st in jail really pisses me off.
NoMoreWarNow
(1,259 posts)3. yes-- you might almost get the impression that the Democrats are beholden to
corporate and military and elite interests.
NoMoreWarNow
(1,259 posts)2. Ssshhh!
are we allowed to say anything critical about the administration at this time?
Green_Liberal
(5 posts)4. George Orwell's America
Nope you're going to get banned. Criticism of Obama (and the rest of the Congress that approved NDAA) is counter-productive to our agenda.
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