GlassSteagallfan
21st December 2011, 18:00
House Bills Introduced to Overturn Obama's Hitler Law
December 21, 2011 • 1:19AM
Two bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives to strike President Obama's Hitler Enabling Law provisions embedded in the National Defense Authorization Act passed last week on President Obama's insistence, as shock spreads within the House over the implications of what they, themselves, have done.
The first, H.R. 3676, was introduced while debate was still ongoing on the NDAA on Dec. 15, by Rep. Jeff Landry, a freshman Republican from Louisiana; the second, H.R. 3702, was introduced the next day by Democrats Rep. Garamendi of California and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico. The text of both bills, like Sen. Feinstein's similar bill in the Senate, is short and direct.
H.R. 3676's two operant paragraphs are summarized in its title: "To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States."
Landry stated that he introduced his bill "to guarantee our citizens their most basic rights under the Constitution," adding that "I hope my colleagues from both sides of the aisle and chamber will join my call for liberty." H.R. 3676 was introduced with 19 co-sponsors, but by today, the number had grown to 27, 22 Republicans and five Democrats. All of the Democrats are members of the Black Caucus, including caucus chair Emmanuel Cleaver. Rep. Landry told The Hill yesterday that he had extracted a committment that the Armed Services Committee would hold hearings on the proposed bill early next year, he hopes in January, so that it can quickly move to the House floor.
H.R. 3702, the Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011, seeks "to clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and for other purposes." It was presented by sponsors Garamendi and Heinrich (both members of the House Armed Services Committee) as a companion bill to Senator Feinstein's Senate bill of the same name. Its twelve other co-sponsors, all joining on the day it was introduced, are all Democrats, and include Rep. John Conyers, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, to which this bill was referred.
In announcing their bill, Rep. Garamendi stated that "we cannot allow our basic rights to be lost, and there is no legitimate national security reason to deny any citizen in America a trial. We can both keep America safe and maintain our liberties." For his part, Rep. Heinrich emphasized that the detainee provisions "are at complete odds with the United States Constitution. It is time we restore the proper balance between individual liberties and national security."
Link: http://www.larouchepac.com/node/20884
December 21, 2011 • 1:19AM
Two bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives to strike President Obama's Hitler Enabling Law provisions embedded in the National Defense Authorization Act passed last week on President Obama's insistence, as shock spreads within the House over the implications of what they, themselves, have done.
The first, H.R. 3676, was introduced while debate was still ongoing on the NDAA on Dec. 15, by Rep. Jeff Landry, a freshman Republican from Louisiana; the second, H.R. 3702, was introduced the next day by Democrats Rep. Garamendi of California and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico. The text of both bills, like Sen. Feinstein's similar bill in the Senate, is short and direct.
H.R. 3676's two operant paragraphs are summarized in its title: "To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States."
Landry stated that he introduced his bill "to guarantee our citizens their most basic rights under the Constitution," adding that "I hope my colleagues from both sides of the aisle and chamber will join my call for liberty." H.R. 3676 was introduced with 19 co-sponsors, but by today, the number had grown to 27, 22 Republicans and five Democrats. All of the Democrats are members of the Black Caucus, including caucus chair Emmanuel Cleaver. Rep. Landry told The Hill yesterday that he had extracted a committment that the Armed Services Committee would hold hearings on the proposed bill early next year, he hopes in January, so that it can quickly move to the House floor.
H.R. 3702, the Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011, seeks "to clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and for other purposes." It was presented by sponsors Garamendi and Heinrich (both members of the House Armed Services Committee) as a companion bill to Senator Feinstein's Senate bill of the same name. Its twelve other co-sponsors, all joining on the day it was introduced, are all Democrats, and include Rep. John Conyers, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, to which this bill was referred.
In announcing their bill, Rep. Garamendi stated that "we cannot allow our basic rights to be lost, and there is no legitimate national security reason to deny any citizen in America a trial. We can both keep America safe and maintain our liberties." For his part, Rep. Heinrich emphasized that the detainee provisions "are at complete odds with the United States Constitution. It is time we restore the proper balance between individual liberties and national security."
Link: http://www.larouchepac.com/node/20884