NDAA

A portal to resources about the issues raised by Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81), and to grassroots responses to this legislation, especially including Montgomery County, Maryland.

Gathering NDAA petition signatures. (Click image for slideshow of our NDAA campaign.)

Current Actions

• 3/11/13: HB558: call Hammen and every Delegate on the House Health & Govt.Ops Committee
• ONLINE PETITION (city/county resolution)

Resolutions

• Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition (MCCRC) generic resolution; combines elements of BORDC and ACLU model resolutions
• Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) model resolution
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) model resolution
• Takoma Park resolution as passed, 5/21/12

National campaigns against the NDAA’s indefinite detention provisions

• Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Defending Dissent
• Tenth Amendment Center

Introductions to the issue

• Talking points about the NDAA by BORDC, ACLU
• Our NDAA article library, including…
  • Ongoing list of articles curated at “delicious”
  • The NDAA Explained (Mariner, Justia): Part One (12/21/11); Part Two (1/2/12)
  • The NDAA: Another Assault in the Dead of Night (Buttar, BORDC, People’s Blog for the Constitution, 12/23/11); Torture Enabling Expanded Detention: the NDAA in context (Buttar, MyFDL); What Comes Next? The Future of the NDAA (Buttar, People’s Blog)
  • Three Myths About The Detention Bill (Greenwald, Salon.com, 12/16/11)
• Blog posts about NDAA: this blog, BORDC, ACLU

Court rulings

• Hedges v. Obama:
  • 05/16/12: preliminary district court ruling; Reuters
  • 09/12/12: final district court ruling; Greenwald on ruling and appeal

Videos

• Compilation of public comments for NDAA resolution
• Compilation of Takoma Park NDAA forum, 4/26/2012

Prior Actions

• 5/2/12: How To Help (join us at the May 21 Takoma Park City Council meeting!)
• paper petition, half-sheet flyer

Coalition

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