GlassSteagallfan
26th January 2012, 15:11
Enemy Expatriation Act
January 26, 2012 • 8:48AM
In addition to the National Defense Authorization Act provisions which permit the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial, another act, the Enemy Expatriation Act, introduced in the Senate by Joseph Lieberman and in the House by Charles Dent, would permit a U.S. citizen to be stripped of his citizenship for allegedly "engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States."
According to an article entitled "The Enemy Expatriation Act and the NDAA: Due Process Destroyed?" posted on the New American: "As one reporter noted, 'Legally, the term hostilities means any conflict subject to the laws of war, but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism.
'And also hiding effectively behind the smokescreen of safety is the fact that the Enemy Expatriation Act does not say which government body — say, a military tribunal or a congressional panel — has the power to brand suspected persons as hostiles.'
"The long list of presidential precedents of ignoring core constitutional principles inconveniently cluttering the path toward tyranny continues to grow. With the Enemy Expatriation Act, the 14th Amendment is one of those pesky impediments that will be cleared by the congressional lictors of the Oval Office autocrat.
"Attempts to justify the alienation of these basic constitutional rights were quickly forthcoming from both of the Enemy Expatriation Act's chief sponsors. As an article published by the International Business Times reported: ... both Lieberman and Dent cited Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born Muslim cleric who led al-Qaida operations in Yemen.
'The repeated attempts by the now-deceased al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki to recruit other American citizens to strike our homeland demonstrates the necessity of updating our laws to account for an enemy who would subvert our freedoms to attack us,' said Lieberman.
"President Barack Obama ordered the assassination of al-Awlaki, an American citizen charged with no crime and not afforded any hearing on the allegations of aiding and assisting al-Qaeda, who was subsequently killed in Yemen in September 2011 by an unmanned Predator drone.
"Now that the President has executed an act of Congress affording him absolute power to arrest and detain Americans, is there any doubt that he will do likewise when the Enemy Expatriation Act is sent to him by his congressional co-conspirators?"
Source: http://www.larouchepac.com/node/21325
January 26, 2012 • 8:48AM
In addition to the National Defense Authorization Act provisions which permit the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial, another act, the Enemy Expatriation Act, introduced in the Senate by Joseph Lieberman and in the House by Charles Dent, would permit a U.S. citizen to be stripped of his citizenship for allegedly "engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States."
According to an article entitled "The Enemy Expatriation Act and the NDAA: Due Process Destroyed?" posted on the New American: "As one reporter noted, 'Legally, the term hostilities means any conflict subject to the laws of war, but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism.
'And also hiding effectively behind the smokescreen of safety is the fact that the Enemy Expatriation Act does not say which government body — say, a military tribunal or a congressional panel — has the power to brand suspected persons as hostiles.'
"The long list of presidential precedents of ignoring core constitutional principles inconveniently cluttering the path toward tyranny continues to grow. With the Enemy Expatriation Act, the 14th Amendment is one of those pesky impediments that will be cleared by the congressional lictors of the Oval Office autocrat.
"Attempts to justify the alienation of these basic constitutional rights were quickly forthcoming from both of the Enemy Expatriation Act's chief sponsors. As an article published by the International Business Times reported: ... both Lieberman and Dent cited Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born Muslim cleric who led al-Qaida operations in Yemen.
'The repeated attempts by the now-deceased al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki to recruit other American citizens to strike our homeland demonstrates the necessity of updating our laws to account for an enemy who would subvert our freedoms to attack us,' said Lieberman.
"President Barack Obama ordered the assassination of al-Awlaki, an American citizen charged with no crime and not afforded any hearing on the allegations of aiding and assisting al-Qaeda, who was subsequently killed in Yemen in September 2011 by an unmanned Predator drone.
"Now that the President has executed an act of Congress affording him absolute power to arrest and detain Americans, is there any doubt that he will do likewise when the Enemy Expatriation Act is sent to him by his congressional co-conspirators?"
Source: http://www.larouchepac.com/node/21325