Sen. Kirk on detainee authority in the National Defense Authorization Act

Since enactment of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, the role of the U.S. military in enforcing our domestic laws inside the United States has been very limited.

This week, the Senate considered legislation specifically authorizing our military to arrest and detain anyone, including U.S. citizens inside America, who the President suspects may be connected to Al Qaeda or the Taliban.

In my view, American citizens inside this country have inalienable Constitutional rights that can only be removed by a civilian jury of your peers. Others argue that America is a "battlefield" where the President should have the power to order our military to seize U.S. citizens in this country on a suspicion that they may back terror. Click the image below to see a video detailing my opposition to military detainment of U.S. citizens inside America.

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@Terry50031

Liberal leftists are the only ones against this bill. Kirk is for it, he's just another GOP liar.

[Terry50031]

Thank you Senator Kirk. Would you please come to California and be our Senator? Both of ours here are so far left it makes me sick. I understand the Feinstein was concerned about this bill.