Chris Hedges v. Obama panel: Citizens against the NDAA Act.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, referred to as the Magnificent or Freedom 7, are: Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg, NDAA Case Coordinator and founder of Revolution Truth Tangerine Bolen, author Noam Chomsky, Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir, Occupy London activist Kai Wargalla and journalist and activist Alexa O’Brien. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer serve as counsel for the plaintiffs.
Back in May US District Judge Katherine Forrest ruled Section 1021 of the NDAA was unconstitutional. Her ruling returned us to the country we were before Obama signed this act into law. Meaning the government cannot strip a US citizen of due process or use the military to arrest US citizens and hold them in a military prison indefinitely. Judge Forrest then granted a permanent injunction on the NDAA provision, which was appealed the next day by the Obama White House. The 2nd Circuit Court of appeals then placed Section 1021 of the NDAA back into effect.
Hedges describes the NDAA as, “The final battle between the restoration of due process and the imposition of a military state.”
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/chris-hedges-this-is-the-final-battle-between-the-restoration-of-due-process-and-the-imposition-of-a-military-state/
“They seek to subjugate us all.” Chris Hedges.
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/chris-hedges-they-seek-to-subjugate-us-all/
Obama’s extended the wars, created new wars, extended the Bush tax cuts for the rich, gave additional bail out money to the banks, allowed the health insurance industry to write the healthcare bill, extended the PATRIOT Act, escalated drone attacks (6 times more frequently than Bush) and prosecuted twice as many whistle-blowers under the Espionage Act of 1917 as all other presidents combined. Obama has assassinated three US citizens without due process and now wants to carry this draconian power out at home and to that end signed the NDAA into law and amazingly still finds time to ruminate over his ‘kill list’ on ‘Terror Tuesdays.’
Under his watch not one member of the Bush Administration has been held accountable for leading us into wars built on false evidence and lies; not one banker's been held accountable for the fraud and corruption that brought down the global economy. Obama is every corporatist’s wet dream.
The only thing more craven then Obama signing the NDAA into law is the total lack of any coverage by the corporate media, which has proven itself to be nothing more than the propaganda arm of the corporate state. There were no cameras from NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX or CNN in front of the courthouse. The reporters were from Democracy Now!, RT, WBAI and various other independent media outlets. But worse still is the complete denial on the part of the American public that anything out of the ordinary is going on. The willful ignorance of American’s is astounding to me. We’ve become a nation of zombies.
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/02/ndaa-hedges-v-obama-did-bill-of-rights.html#more
http://endthelie.com/2013/02/09/ndaa-lawsuit-update-press-conference-held-after-appeals-court-hearing/#axzz2KbDEW94N
NDAA: The most important lawsuit in American history that no one is talking about:
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2012/08/10/ndaa-the-most-important-lawsuit-in-american-history-that-no-one-is-talking-about/