Bush's Martial Law Act of 2007
Another Day in the Empire
by Kurt Nimmo
10/28/06
On October 17, with little fanfare, the unitary decider signed H.R.5122, or the John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007. ... According to a press release from the office of Senator Patrick Leahy, however, the bill takes a 'sizable step toward weakening states' authority over their [National] Guard units ...' As if having their National Guard units on the other side of the world, in Iraq and who knows where the next stop may be, doesn't weaken the state's authority over their National Guard units as it is. And, as is the norm now, the list of situations and scenarios in which the Decider is able to 'employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service' ends in the all too familiar any 'other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of ('refuse' or 'fail' in) maintaining public order, 'in order to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy'...
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=631
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Defense+Authorization+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Martial+Law
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leahy
by Kurt Nimmo
10/28/06
On October 17, with little fanfare, the unitary decider signed H.R.5122, or the John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007. ... According to a press release from the office of Senator Patrick Leahy, however, the bill takes a 'sizable step toward weakening states' authority over their [National] Guard units ...' As if having their National Guard units on the other side of the world, in Iraq and who knows where the next stop may be, doesn't weaken the state's authority over their National Guard units as it is. And, as is the norm now, the list of situations and scenarios in which the Decider is able to 'employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service' ends in the all too familiar any 'other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of ('refuse' or 'fail' in) maintaining public order, 'in order to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy'...
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=631
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Defense+Authorization+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Martial+Law
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leahy
rudkla - 2. Nov, 18:04
