Our second circuit court date has been set for Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 10AM, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY – Room 1505 on 15th floor. If you support our efforts to restore your rights and are in the New York area, please publicly show your support by joining us in court this day! Your presence matters. Please share this widely, and invite your friends!
The full schedule for the day’s events as well as links to the live stream of the panel here.
On September 12, 2012 we had one of the biggest victories for civil liberties and against government overreach in a decade. Federal Judge Katherine Forrest granted a permanent injunction against Section 1021(b)(2), the government promptly filed an appeal, and then went further: they requested a stay of execution on the injunction from Judge Forrest, once again providing no evidence and failing to answer all of her questions and concerns, while again claiming that the detention powers of the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) of 2001, (the law that allows the president to detain those who were involved in the 9/11 attacks and/or are members of Al Qaeda or the Taliban) and the NDAA’s Section 1021 powers are precisely the same.
This is disingenuous. Section 1021 provides sweeping powers of detention through incredibly vague and undefined terms, that are missing in the AUMF. The government is completely contradicting itself. Judge Forrest made it clear that her ruling did not touch the AUMF. And in their request for an emergency stay, the government claimed “irreparable harm” would be incurred if they do not have the powers of Section 1021. On October 2, 2012, a stay against the permanent injunction was granted by a three judge motions panel of the Second District US Court of Appeals, pending appeal on the merits.
Thank you for your interest in our case. Please continue to support us in any way you can!
This is an Old Hitler strategy better read your history, 6 Million is nothing to what is going to
happen next.
i agree brother!!They will be “Culling” masses of people through swine flu injections and say we are having a pandemic!!!
Although in Europe, I fully support your campaign and have shared your link amongst my US fb ‘friends’ as well as other fb groups for sharing. The very best to you all who can actually make the date with your protest….Bill Nicholson..Poland.
Poland, thank you,
I dont understand whats wrong with people… why is no one paying attention to this??
Seriously, this should be about the biggest issue anyone is talking about.
YEAH, can’t believe no one knows, thats why i’m here spreading the word. the news what a joke, they rather report on American idol, than real issues
I am.
It is a constant education process, learning how to use social media better and being patient as we explain stuff to people.
I Don’t know whats wrong but when they are being indefinitely detained, it will be to late for them, my father and my Daughter both fought for our freedoms, the last five Presidents have been setting this up,and none of them served.
I need a ride , i live in n.h.
Darius,
Feel free to join our Facebook Event Page and see if anyone can help you out!
Too many people in this country (I live in the U.S.) drink the Kool-Aid
Is this in D.C.? I cannot find the city… Always wise to add the FULL address.
The full address is in the post – United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 1505 on 15th floor.
In WHAT CITY???
New York, New York.
Ah. Thank You, Bill. Sorry to have sounded snippy in that last response. Didn’t mean to. [smile]
Can you guys post a web page explaining this cause without so many acronyms and legal speak? If you want popular support, you need to communicate the issue plainly… I really can’t follow what this is about. Please help bring others to the table..
in 2011 dec 30 i believe President Obama signed into law , that the u.s.a. can Indefinitely Detain Americans, on American soil, and kill. without a warrant or probable cause. please look it up. and join the fight , for YOUR RIGHTS
Midnight on New Years Eve while the sheep were partying it was signed by robo-pen.
Only 5-8 million know about the NDAA. All of the Infowarriors from prisonplanet.com and infowars.com know about it and have been spreading the word.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29081693
Watch it all…..it’s about an hours worth of viewing (after the court hearing)
Start here, it’s better……http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29081693
Im not from NY but I believe in helping other states defend themselves against corruption in the government!
This is not a state issue my friend, this is all of ours, look it up please, this is what the government can do to YOU
I have another obligation that day, or I’d be there.
I have donated and will spread the word as much as I can.
I will spread the word as well. This could be a blessing in disguise.
So what can we do out here far away from new York, flood district court with email and calls? Website? This.issue is a national one and affects all of us.
Thank you Sandra,
Please share the event with your friends and help us promote the planned live streamed panels. More info can be found here. Streams will be provided by Tim Pool: http://www.youtube.com/timcasts and Luke Rudkowski: http://www.ustream.tv/wearechange
I’m just seeing the FB invite for this now. Please keep us informed and updated with any further action that we can take. Hopefully this is not the end of the conversation, unless we’ve won, of course.
it will be a long battle,this started in 2001,patriot act.
The scariest part to me is that a funding bill could be used to take down one of our constitutional rights. To think that these people would then act as if it were a real law and use it. I am amazed. That our government no longer even pretends to listen to the people is also unbelievably amazing too.
I spent 10 years as an activist; knocking on doors, petitioning, phone banking, registering voters…Trust me, they don’t care..The government can do whatever they want because they know they’re herding sheep.
I think we have far more direct threats to freedom to worry about. Did NY not just make it illegal to buy a large soda!? I’m not scared of the government knocking down my door to drag me away for no reason, I’m worried about it being illegal for me to sell a large sprite, or let my customers smoke in my own damn bar.
The government is not takeing away our freedom… we are GIVEING IT AWAY. You don’t need to like soda or be a smoker to demand the freedom to do it if you DID want to. Americans have given up on freedom and are DEMANDING it be taken away.
You can still do something! If I’m not mistaken, the court still has to make its decision. Write the court and firmly but politely tell them to do the right thing for all Americans!
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
40 Centre Street
Room 1505, 15th floor
New York, NY 10007
Will Do!