Bush and martial law

Addendum: Sande is very pleased to see the end of one party rule in Washington DC. May the hearings begin!

My thanks to a good friend for pointing out this particular must read article.

Bush Moves Toward Martial Law

This article is about public law 109-364 "The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007." This was signed into law by George Bush on October 17, 2006. This is the same day that Bush signed into law "The Military Commissions Act of 2006." You will recall that T.M.C.A. of 2006 puts the right of habeus corpus or rather the right to remove habeus corpus into the hands of the president. This has been described as handing Bush the power to be dictator. It gets worse though, public law 109-364 goes further.

Some points about public law 109-364 and more:

-"the President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or 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."

-He can do the above over the authority of any governor or local official.

-The law also facilitates militarized police round-ups and detention of protesters.

-Kellog, Brown & Root was awarded a $385 million dollar contract essentially to build detention centers here in the United States.

Commentary from the article: "Unfortunately, this past week, the president dealt posse comitatus, along with American democracy, a near fatal blow. Consequently, it will take an aroused citizenry to undo the damage wrought by this horrendous act, part and parcel, as we have seen, of a long train of abuses and outrages perpetrated by this authoritarian administration." 

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