The National Defense Authorization Act is a heinous piece of tyrannical legislation. It was signed into law on December 31, 2011, by President Barack Obama. New Year’s Eve. Dropped that bitch right in while you were out getting drunk in Times Square. While providing for a budget for the defense of this country, the assholes in Congress, like they always do, snuck in an extra provision. This one is most egregious codifying indefinite military detention without charge or trial.

No citizen in this country could possibly think this is a good thing. If nothing else it violates what remains of the First Amendment. 4th District Court Judge Katherine Forrest agreed ruling the NDAA unconstitutional.

From the Tenth Amendment Center:

The Court: “Assume you were just an American citizen and you’re reading the statute and you wanted to make sure you do not run afoul of it because you are a diligent U.S. citizen wanting to stay on the right side of §1021, and you read the phrase ‘directly supported’. What does that mean to you?”

Government: Again it has to be taken in the context of armed conflict informed by the laws of war.

Court: That’s fine. Tell me what that means?

The Government: “I cannot offer a specific example. I don’t have a specific example.”

After seeing the ridiculous responses the government had given her, and finding that even the government could not define those terms, Judge Katherine Forrest issued her ruling against the NDAA, stating:

“This measure has a chilling impact on first amendment rights.”

She then granted her temporary injunction:

“As set forth above, this Court has found that plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on the merits regarding their constitutional claim and it therefore has a responsibility to insure that the public’s constitutional rights are protected.

Accordingly, this Court finds that the public interest is best served by the issuance of the preliminary relief recited herein.”

Doesn’t matter to the Imperial Federal Government of the USSA:

This should be the end of it. This landmark case should be a victory for Americans, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The judge clearly states “the public’s constitutional rights” and “the public interest.” Hey, I’m a part of the public, so I’m protected now!

Not so fast. Our tyrannical government, in one sentence, has chosen to defy a ruling by a federal judge.

“The government construes this Court’s Order as applying only as to the named plaintiffs in this suit.”

Just when you want to believe there are good people in the highest levels of our federal government, statements like this bring you back to reality. The government continued:

“Although the Order fails to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 58, and the concluding paragraph of the Order is not, on its face, clear as to whom the injunction benefits, the government reads it in light of the well-established principle that courts “neither want nor need to provide relief to nonparties when a narrower remedy will fully protect the litigants”

The government is so in enthralled with their power the will not let a little something like the Constitution stand in the way of their tyrannical desires.

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