### For Immediate Release ###
What: Court Hearing on Federal lawsuit seeking injunction against the implementation of
National Defense Authorization Act
Where: US District Court, 500 Pearl St, Manhattan
When: 9:00 AM, Thursday March 29th
Website: StopNDAA.org
Contact:
Tangerine Bolen, Coordinator and Plaintiff
503-887-0773
Tangerine.bolen@revolutiontruth.org
Carl Mayer, Lead Attorney
609-921-0253
carlmayer@aol.com
At 9:00 AM this Thursday, March 29th at the Southern District of New York Federal Courthouse,
multiple plaintiffs will testify in support of a worldwide lawsuit against the United States
government over the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA, also known as
the “Homeland Battlefield” law, permanently suspends due process and Habeas Corpus for
persons accused by the federal government of being involved in hostilities against the United
States, or being an “associated force” of terrorists. The law authorizes military policing of US
citizens for the first time in over 200 years.
The first round of plaintiffs in this historic case, dubbed “the Freedom Seven”, include Chris
Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, and three women
leaders working at the vanguard of civil liberties and basic human rights who have reason to
believe they are in imminent danger of harm under the NDAA. Naomi Wolf and Dr. Cornel West
are in the process of becoming plaintiffs in this lawsuit …
As Hedges noted this week, “If there is no rolling back of the NDAA law we cease to be a
constitutional democracy. Totalitarian systems always begin by rewriting the law. They make
legal what was once illegal.” He continued, “Crimes become patriotic acts. The defense of
freedom and truth becomes a crime. Foreign and domestic subjugation merges into the same
brutal mechanism. Citizens are colonized. And it is always done in the name of national
security. We obey the new laws as we obeyed the old laws, as if there was no difference. And
we spend our energy and our lives appealing to a dead system.”
“The Homeland Battlefield Law is as Orwellian as its name implies. America is not
a “battlefield”; it is a democratic republic. This law is unconstitutional because it violates the
free speech and due process rights of American citizens.” Carl Mayer, lead attorney on the case
Plaintiffs and attorneys on this case will hold a press conference on the courthouse steps at the
conclusion of the hearings, some time after noon. Occupy Wall Street will express solidarity and
support for this lawsuit with a gathering and silent march beginning at Foley Square at 3 PM.
“The NDAA is a sweeping invasion of the traditional right of all Americans to live as free citizens
without the threat of arbitrary detention and incarceration and to speak and express themselves
openly without fear of government.” Bruce Afran, attorney on the case
This lawsuit is accompanied by a global campaign geared to alert the US public and galvanize
people to protest this egregious assault on the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Two
groups, a small, international and all-volunteer organization called RevolutionTruth, and the
million-member civil liberties group Demand Progress, have teamed up to ensure the general
public has a strong platform for standing against the unconstitutional aspects of the NDAA. Over
45,000 emails have been generated to US Congress members from their constituents in support
of the lawsuit in Round One. Round Two will be opened up to the US public and to people
around the world who wish to become plaintiffs. For more information, go to StopNDAA.org
Address for trial and press conference:
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10007-1312
Room 15A
Tel: (212) 805-0136
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It’s not before time that the concept of a “Homeland Battlefield” has been challenged. The whole idea of creating ‘Homeland security’ is a travesty of epic proportions. It has created a Nation that is constantly under a paranoid security alert, that never ceases. The size of the bureaucracy created alone , is a drain on the resources of the american nation. Thank the stars above that this effort has been undertaken
thanks , to those that see there is danger in this bill and our rights as Americans are being assailed and we need someone to jump on this and dismantle it.
Thank you for championing this historic battle to fend off the insidious tentacles of the NDAA. Not only am I outraged at the current administration’s ushering in of totalitarian practices and executive orders, I am truly amazed at the tendency of the public to avoid reacting to their swelling loss of civil liberties. I can only surmise that they are numb to the cacophony of current events and blinded by party loyalty. They have no idea how courageous you all are. Thank you again Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Brigitta Jonsdottir, et. al.
As long as this law is being challenged, you might as well challenge the Patriot Acts and the Federal Military Commissions Act of 2006, which gives ex-president Bush and Cheney retroactive immunities for past war crimes, allows our gov’t to label anyone of their pleasing a “military combatant” (they give themselves their own warrant) and also strips you of Habeas Corpus rights. I’m afraid this law is a bit redundant, and when this one is struck down, there will be host of others that need to be repealed, and their perpetrators arrested and tried for treason.
Agreed. However, we’re not wealthy people here. We are doing this out of our own pockets and what we raise. We would need to raise a lot of money to take on all these laws. Costs in this court case alone are mounting. These are not simple, or cheap, things to fight.
It is not just ordinary americans who need to wake up to the threat posed by their government. The USA is constantly seeking to extend its so called “legal reach” to include any and every citizen in the world, and those it cannot reach buy these dubious legal means it uses drones to murder them. I wish Naomi and every plaintiff the best in their efforts to challenge the morally bankrupt authority of the US establishment.
See, this is the problem of a big centralized government. Power is centralized just waiting for a despot to takeover. The Federal government is to big and must be downsized.
Wait till we have a single payer healthcare system and another George Bush comes along to run it and with these NDAA laws to shut down opposition.
Thank Obama for signing it.
Seems like our MSM doesn’t like to call Obama out on man issues. It’s a serious problem when we have the MSM media covering for our elected officials.
We are in big trouble!!!!
While I applaud your efforts to stop your basic human rights being void I make the comment that when over many decades successive usa governments trampled on human rights all over the world. The usa was relatively silent. Now that the rabid dog is bitting its own leg it’s become obvious to you what we already knew.I do offer my best wishes for your future.
NDAA granted the President (The Executive Branch) unprecedented power to arbitrarily arrest and determine which Americans should be detained and tried by a military tribunal or civilian court. Current NDAA provisions could be used by U.S. Government to round up anyone deemed a threat to National Security; U.S. Government can allege any American a “Belligerent” for arrest and indefinite detention without probable cause, charges, no right to an attorney or habeas corpus. Some observers believe NDAA included the vague term “Belligerent” so U.S. Government would have authority granted by Congress to—roundup and Indefinitely Detain large numbers of Americans not involved in terrorism e.g. American that participate in 1st Amendment activities (on the premise) certain 1st Amendment Activities appeared intended, or were used to support or provoke—hostilities, combatants, belligerents, terrorism or threaten National Security.
NDAA 2012 opened the door for corrupt police; government agents and provocateurs which there are many, to file false reports and statements to target any American for arrest or disappearance. It is apparent some Members in Congress don’t represent the Constitution; otherwise they would not have voted down recent amendments to the 2013 Defense Authorization Act of 2012 that would have protected Americans’ right to due process of law under NDAA. Sections of NDAA 2012 are so broadly written U.S. Government or the President may (retroactively) deem an American or group’s prior 1st Amendment behavior as supporting hostilities, terrorism or (Belligerent) to order arrests or Indefinite Detention. Historical Note: the Nazi Government used similar laws to NDAA to arrest, indefinitely detain, disappear and execute without probable cause—their political opposition. The Nazi Government concurrently confiscated the property of those they arrested.
It should be expected that indefinitely detained U.S. Citizens not involved in terrorism or hostile activities, not given Miranda Warnings when interrogated, not allowed legal counsel or habeas corpus may be prosecuted for non-terrorist (ordinary crimes) because of their (alleged admissions) while held in Indefinite Detention.
Didn’t Mrs. Wolf write an article how the NDAA was going to be used to arrest congress?
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