UPDATED: How much does your liberty means to you?

There is a debate going on in an article posted on the Beaufort Observer that we feel you will be interested in.


Check it out The Time has come to stand up for your children and grandchildren.

We recently posted an article entitled Opposition grows to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act-NDAA that did not get nearly as many hits as we expected. So we'll follow it up with this commentary.


Two sections in an omnibus authorization bill to run the Department of Defense effectively repealed major portions of the United States Constitution and those of many of the states. Those two sections (1021 and 1022) provide that an American can be "detained" by the military if there is reason to believe the person, even an American citizen within the United States, is engaged or about to be engaged in terrorism. There is not provision to insure that the detention can be reviewed by a court to determine if the person is being held legally (Habeas Corpus) nor does it guarantee a speedy trial by jury to determine whether the citizen is guilty. There's more, much more as is explained at the link above in in the links contained in the article.

We called Senator Burr's office to find out why he voted for the NDAA. The explanation was simple: To support keeping the military operating. That was all well and good with us, but then we asked: "Did Sen. Burr seek to amend the bill to strip out Sections 1021 and 1022 or clarify them to guarantee the application of the Bill of Rights to them?" The answer was "no."

We are appalled. You should be too. In fact EVERY American should not only be appalled but should joint in the movement to see that these two sections are repealed.

Here's what we urge you to do. Contact your state legislators and ask them to support a bill to nullify Sections 1021 and 1022 and to prohibit any state employee from assisting in their enforcement. That bill will be introduced in the May short session but will take a procedural vote to have it considered. Every legislator should vote to consider it and then vote to nullify the application of those sections in North Carolina.

Nullification has not been used to any significant extent since the Civil War. But we feel strongly that the time has come that it is imperative that the power of the Federal government be brought in check and to insure that the original balance of powers between the states and the national government is restored.

If we are not going to stand up to the trampling of the Bill of Rights then when on earth are we ever going to take a stand?

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