Paul Joseph Watson
PrisonPlanet
PrisonPlanet
September 14, 2012
Within 24 hours of a historic court ruling that struck
down the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense
Authorization Act, the Obama administration has appealed the ruling,
emphasizing once again how the White House – while claiming to be
against the measure – has aggressively pushed for it at every turn.
On Wednesday, New York federal judge Katherine Forrest issued a ruling which blocked provisions of the NDAA that could have seen American citizens kidnapped and held indefinitely without charge.
The suit was brought by activists and journalists,
including former New York Times columnist Chris Hedges, who argued that
the law was unconstitutional because it could see journalists abducted
and detained merely for speaking their minds.
In “permanently” halting the enforcement of the law,
Forrest noted how the plaintiffs presented “evidence that First
Amendment rights have already been harmed and will be harmed by the
prospect of (the law) being enforced. The public has a strong and
undoubted interest in the clear preservation of First and Fifth
Amendment rights.”
However, the very next day the Obama administration
reportedly moved to appeal the decision in an attempt to reinstate the
indefinite detention provisions.
“This sent a chill down my spine,” writes Business Insider’s David Seaman.
“In the midst of my interview with Tangerine Bolen, a plaintiff in the
lawsuit against the NDAA’s indefinite detention provisions &
coordinator of StopNDAA.org, she received an email from her lawyer to inform her that the Obama administration has already appealed yesterday’s historic court ruling.”
