Update: Michigan Counties Continue the Fight Against NDAA - Joe Wolverston II, New American:
1 October, 2012 - "Michigan may join the list of other states who have passed legislation checking the president’s power under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to indefinitely detain American citizens.
"On Monday, September 24, constitutionalists and friends of liberty gathered at the Oakland County (Michigan) General Government Committee Meeting to support Commissioner Jim Runestad’s Liberty Preservation Resolution. Blake Filippi of the Tenth Amendment Center (TAC) originally drafted this measure with the assistance of the Rhode Island Liberty Coalition.
"Reports to The New American from those attending the meeting indicate that many residents attended the meeting, as well, and passionately defended the right of Americans to live without the specter of an all-powerful police state looming over their every action.
"The day after, ... over 40 concerned Michiganders attended the Michigan State House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee.... Led by TAC state coordinator Shane Trejo, representatives from a coalition of groups devoted to the protection of individual liberty testified.... Notably, consistent defender of the Constitution Congressman Justin Amash (R-Mich.) appeared before the committee.
"As readers may remember, Amash’s effort to repeal the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA for 2013 was blocked in May when by a vote of 238-182, members of the House of Representatives voted to renew the president’s power to arrest and indefinitely detains Americans suspected of posing a threat to national security.
"At the committee meeting in Lansing, however, no testimony in favor of the NDAA was heard.
"In a statement, Representative McMillin recognized Amash for his aid to the cause of liberty.
"'I appreciate the support from Congressman Amash, who has fought against the federal law that enables the executive branch to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone on U.S. soil using the slightest thread of evidence or suspicion,; McMillin said."
Read more: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/13059-update-michigan-counties-continue-the-fight-against-ndaa
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1 October, 2012 - "Michigan may join the list of other states who have passed legislation checking the president’s power under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to indefinitely detain American citizens.
"On Monday, September 24, constitutionalists and friends of liberty gathered at the Oakland County (Michigan) General Government Committee Meeting to support Commissioner Jim Runestad’s Liberty Preservation Resolution. Blake Filippi of the Tenth Amendment Center (TAC) originally drafted this measure with the assistance of the Rhode Island Liberty Coalition.
"Reports to The New American from those attending the meeting indicate that many residents attended the meeting, as well, and passionately defended the right of Americans to live without the specter of an all-powerful police state looming over their every action.
"The day after, ... over 40 concerned Michiganders attended the Michigan State House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee.... Led by TAC state coordinator Shane Trejo, representatives from a coalition of groups devoted to the protection of individual liberty testified.... Notably, consistent defender of the Constitution Congressman Justin Amash (R-Mich.) appeared before the committee.
"As readers may remember, Amash’s effort to repeal the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA for 2013 was blocked in May when by a vote of 238-182, members of the House of Representatives voted to renew the president’s power to arrest and indefinitely detains Americans suspected of posing a threat to national security.
"At the committee meeting in Lansing, however, no testimony in favor of the NDAA was heard.
"In a statement, Representative McMillin recognized Amash for his aid to the cause of liberty.
"'I appreciate the support from Congressman Amash, who has fought against the federal law that enables the executive branch to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone on U.S. soil using the slightest thread of evidence or suspicion,; McMillin said."
Read more: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/13059-update-michigan-counties-continue-the-fight-against-ndaa
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