Unconstitutional NDAA Provision Blocked By Federal Judge

Via The Huffington Post: "A day before Congress weighs an amendment to end indefinite military detentions in the U.S., a federal judge Wednesday ruled the law that allows the practice unconstitutional. Saying the measure has "chilling impact on First Amendment rights," U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest, of New York's Eastern District, found that a group of reporters and activists who brought the lawsuit had no way of knowing whether they could be subjected to it. That makes it an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment's free speech right and the Fifth Amendment's right to due process, Forrest said in a written opinion. The lead plaintiffs -- Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges of the Nation Institute and Tangerine Bolen, who runs the website RevolutionTruth -- argued that they conceivably could be grabbed under the law because they deal with sources that U.S. authorities may deem to fall under the law, Section 1021 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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[guthix1110]

Finally, a victory for the average citizen

[cncsmarty]

fire the government

[Harjinder Aheer]

Hi Cenk this is off topic but have you thought about interviewing Chris Hedges? It would be awesome!

[astaquenopueda]

Fuck the Government. Rage Against the Machine!

[Otto Lund]

Thanks

abeldanger net

[4LulzzNFame]

Katherine Forrest

I will remember this name.

[Link7990]

usually i think think that liberals are just pains in the asses but i think this act is just going to far we need to ban together and tell the government to go home we need change and to get real change done and have reasonable laws and regulations

[jannmutube]

Huffington Post - Indefinite Detention Appealed by Federal Prosecutors on behalf of Obama Administration on August 6, 2012. ACLU - Sign the ACLU pledges to fight worldwide indefinite detention for as long as it takes. "aclu.org/secure/sem-he-signed­-it-well-fight-it"

[virtuvianTrace]

I think you're right.

[poorandimmature .]

@People who don't think journo's would ever be arrested for reporting honestly-- They already have been, just look at the Yemeni Journalist who Obama personally requested to be locked up forever for reporting that he massacred dozens of women and children with a drone strike. Obama is not a fucking jolly sweet guy he has no qualms about locking your ass up to rot and die if you reveal a truth that makes him look bad.

[BMcbugger]

The NDAA 2012. The single issue that unites the vast majority of Americans regardless of party or ideological affiliation. 

[ABGAN100]

so because Bush was first that make him worse? do you know how dumb that sounds? how can you say that suspending habeas corpus for foreign born combatants is worse that indefinite detention with out trial for any persons foreign or domestic suspected of being terrorists?