Chris Hedges Sues Obama Admin Over Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Approved in NDAA

[The Northerner]

www.democracynow.org - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has filed suit against President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to challenge the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes controversial provisions authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world, without charge or trial. Sections of the bill are written so broadly that critics say they could encompass journalists who report on terror-related issues, such as Hedges, for supporting enemy forces. "It is clearly unconstitutional," Hedges says of the bill. "It is a huge and egregious assault against our democracy. It overturns over 200 years of law, which has kept the military out of domestic policing." We speak with Hedges, now a senior fellow at the Nation Institute, and former New York Times foreign correspondent who was part of a team of reporters that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. We are also joined by Hedges' attorney Carl Mayer, who filed the litigation on his behalf in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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1. As tattered as our Judicial Branch is, it still has value.

K&R

[99th_Monkey]

2. May Chris be blessed and protected by guardian angels.

Chris Hedges files lawsuit again President Obama over NDAA indefinite detention provisions.

Mr. Hedges is courageously standing up for Americans everywhere and for our US Constitution.


He is one of my heros.. go Chris.!!

[Citizen Worker]

3. My guess is that the lower court will throw the case saying Hedges' lacks standing and it will

ultimately end up in the Supreme Court. All bets are off at that point.

[Lil Missy]

4. That will go immediately to the "orly taitz" file.

[Mosaic]

5. It takes courage

To fight bullies and we are dealing with bullies who hide behind legislation and bribes. We need to vote all the bums out, and install progressives, real representatives of the people. We should all have courage in 2012, we'll need it as power corrupts ever more.