Eleven days ago the bill mentioned in the title was signed into law. This is a big problem, as it basically allows the President to bypass a lot of the previously existing legal restrictions and just enact martial law. This is especially terrifying given that he signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law the same day.
Read about the Military Commissions act here.
Read about the Defense Authorization act here.
Cry into your beer briefly, then hit the streets. Hope you don’t get shot by a rubber bullet. Wait, actually I do hope you get shot by a rubber bullet, not by a real one. Odds are tipping toward the latter, protesters.
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