Federal Court Rejects NDAA's Indefinite Detention, Issues Injunction 301
First time accepted submitter Arker writes "A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction late Wednesday to block provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the military to indefinitely detain anyone it accuses of knowingly or unknowingly supporting terrorism. The Obama administration had argued, inter alia, that the plaintiffs, including whistleblower and transparency advocate Daniel Ellsberg and Icelandic Member of Parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir lacked standing, but Judge Katherine Forrest didnt buy it. Given recent statements from the administration, it seems safe to say this will be the start of a long court battle."
Re:Signing Statement? (Score:2, Funny)
Wow. Just wow.
How does State Spooge taste, slave?
Someone please free us (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A small ray of hope (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, that plumber you hired to fix your pipes was actually a terrorist?
My good friends call me Harry.
Re:A small ray of hope (Score:5, Funny)
To say nothing about the ways in which US politicians and government operatives make back-channel deals that support terrorism they find politically expedient. You won't see anyone being detained for that.
That's because what they do is knowingly support terrorism, which is completely different.
Dissonance (Score:4, Funny)
/head explodes