> And now, Thursday, Representatives Adam Smith (Democrat, Washington) and > Justin Amash (Republican, Michigan) have presented an amendment to Congress > an amendment that does just that<http://bit.ly/JtSJn1> . Those who vote > against it therefore will be voting clearly, and without any ambiguity, for > stripping Americans of their constitutional rights and reducing them to the > same potential status as "enemy combatants" and Guantánamo prisoners. The > House thus votes for or against the power handed to the executive by the > NDAA to hold any of us, anywhere, forever, for no reason. There can be no > hiding from this; the lawyers defending the administration's position made > that perfectly clear. > > The Smash Amash Amendment was voted down yesterday in the House 238
To be fair, there is a LOT going on in that bill and looks like there might be more than one amendment. I don't see anything in the bill that points out exactly what he is talking about, though it might be around this part (This is purely a guess): 1031(3)(I) We reaffirm today the fundamental nature of a citizens right to be free from involuntary confinement by his own government without due process of law, and we weigh the opposing governmental interests against the curtailment of liberty that such confinement entails.. It might have been voted down for unrelated reasons. Well, that or the nay voters assumed that the average person would never hear about the amendment or the voting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
