How are they planning on using the Indefinite Detention law?

Question:

Since Obama signed NDAA ( National Defense Authorization Act ) into law yesterday, it allows them to imprison anyone on America soil, any citizen, resident, without warrant, without trial, into detention camp, for what ever time they want. Also people who support Taliban, Al-Quade, or any other terrorist associated group. So my question is, how are they planning to use it? According to US government, we're all suspect terrorists, so are they just going to begin imprisoning people ( Protesters? ) Or are they going to actually imprison terrorists.. ( Good one )

Answer:

How they *intend* it to be used and how it *actually* ends up being used are likely two different things and the latter remains to be seen.

The law is blatantly unconstitutional.

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

The key words here are "no person" and "nor shall any person." This doesn't mean "no citizen." It doesn't mean "no voter." or whatever. It means no one, regardless of who they are or what they have done, may have done, or might do.

Laws like this have been enacted before. They were immediately abused. Specifically, the internment (imprisonment) of American citizens during World War 2 whose "crime" was having had ancestors who, at some time in the recent, or distant, past were born in Japan. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Am… Some of them were let out to go fight "for their country" in Europe, but not in the Pacific. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infan… These soldiers were the most highly decorated unit of the US armed forces in the war.

What do they *plan* do with the Indefinite Detention Law? They *plan* to make the country safe. What will they do? They will endanger the country worse than any terrorist could possibly do by scrapping the Constitution. Once they get away with treating terrorists and potential terrorists this way, they will have opened the door to allow other "dangerous" people to be treated the same way. The questions then become "who is a dangerous person" and "what does 'dangerous' mean?" Is someone who disagrees with the government dangerous? Is a person who disagrees with me dangerous? How about a person who disagrees with you?