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Congress Deems Constitution A Threat to National Security By KrisAnne Hall
www.AmericansUnitedforFreedom.com
December 1, 2011 SB 1867 declares that American citizens do not deserve nor will they be granted their Constitutional rights. DEMAND CONGRESS RESTORE OUR RIGHTS! – ENACT THE PAUL AMENDMENT NOW! ![auf_cryingliberty]() We are today in the midst of a startling attack on some of our most fundamental civil liberties. Thursday our Senate passed a bill that will undermine the very due process rights that thousands of brave souls have bled and died for.
Under the guise of protecting us from terrorists, Congress has removed the Constitutional right of habeas corpus. The implied premise is that the right ofhabeas corpus is somehow a threat to national security. The principles of habeas corpus and due process extend as far back as 12th century England. These civil liberties were among those most fearfully guarded by America's Founders. If truth be told it was abuses of due process and an unresponsive government – not simply burdensome taxes – that were the primary causes of the American Revolution. DEMAND CONGRESS RESTORE OUR RIGHTS! – ENACT THE PAUL AMENDMENT NOW! Congressmen swore an oath to "support and defend the Constitution." It is mindboggling that those with the power and responsibility to PROTECT LIBERTY are the very ones seeking to justify its destruction. The good news is this legislation will have to be reconciled between the House and Senate versions and its most egregiously unconstitutional features can still be amended and corrected, if we make our voices heard and show the will of the American People to defend liberty. Here are the points we must compel our legislators to understand and correct: - Congressmen Claim These Sections Specifically Limit Actions Of The US Government To Al-Qaeda And Taliban Terrorists Involved In 9/11 Aggression
![auf_shreddingconstitution]() False. This refers to: Sec. 1031(b) Covered Persons: (1) A person who planned, authorized, committe, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks. (2) A person who was part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition forces…
I suppose all would be well, if this were the end of this section. However, the devil is always in the details. Attorneys are trained to look for loopholes, and those who wrote this bill were attorneys, so they are either ignorant or inserting holes to provide doors for future activity. Door No. 1: …including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces. THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE
FAX CONGRESS NOW & DEMAND HABEAS CORPUS BE RESTORED! Belligerent act? There you have it, the open door to include just about anyone. Now don't think these words are not well planned and don't for one minute assume you know their definitions. Remember John McCain and Joe Leiberman's "Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010"? This act failed, but that has not stopped John McCain. This Enemy Belligerent Act defines a Belligerent as: an individual,including a citizen of the United States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent…an individual who: 1) has engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or 2) has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners."Hostilities? And the door swings wide open. - Congressmen Claim Section 1032 Does Not Cover US Citizens.
False. Section 1032(2) states that the requirement to detain an individual applies to someone who has been determined to be "a member of, al-Qaeda or an associated force that acts in coordination with or pursuant to the direction of al-Qaeda: and to have participated in the course of planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners." Sounds pretty limiting right? Well, here's Door No. 2, section (4) "The Secretary of Defense (Leon Panetta) may, in consultation with the Secretary of State (Hillary Clinton) and the Director of National Intelligence (James R. Clapper), waive the requirements of paragraph (1) if the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in writing that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States." There you have it. All limitations fly out the window if the government determines a "national security interest." But those that planted these loopholes are not finished. DEMAND CONGRESS RESTORE OUR RIGHTS! – ENACT THE PAUL AMENDMENT NOW! ![auf_handcufffence]() Congressmen Claim Section 1032(b)(1) Specifically Excludes US Citizens
False. Section 1032(b)(1) states, "The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States." Is this the part that is supposed to stop the government from detaining US Citizens? Any decent attorney would tell you that the "prohibitive language" in this statement is ambiguous. What this section says is the REQUIREMENT to detain doesn't extend to US Citizens. That means they don't have to detain them, but what if they want to?! Door No. 3, let all who enter beware! They will, when cornered with the truth, tell you that any US Citizen who is involved with terrorists "DOES NOT deserve Constitutional rights." The idea that US Citizens do not deserve their Constitutional rights is very frightening. But put that in conjunction with the understanding that it is the government, specifically this current administration, that gets to CHOOSE which Citizens do not deserve their Constitutional rights – and be very, very afraid for the cause of liberty. What happens when the government determines YOU fit their definition of a terrorist? Janet Napolitano says that soldiers returning from Iraq, and those Citizens who oppose abortion and who home school fit the bill. Which US Citizens do you think should not have protections under the Constitution? Which one of our rights is a threat to national security and needs to be curtailed or eliminated? I am put in mind of William Pitt's words, "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves." DEMAND CONGRESS RESTORE OUR RIGHTS! – ENACT THE PAUL AMENDMENT NOW! Certainly, terrorism is real and we must combat it. But you cannot have peace without liberty. According to Benjamin Franklin, "Anyone who would trade liberty for temporary security deserves neither!" Ronald Reagan called America the last bastion of hope. He was remembering a statement by Daniel Webster, "Hold onto the Constitution and to the republic for which she stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6000 years may never happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." Congress took an oath to PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. They must stick with their oath, because the principles of the Constitution do not change, while the government's definition of terrorist apparently changes vastly with political ideology and political expediency. Our Congress has an obligation to us, to our children, and to the world to uphold their true constitutional oath – and we have an obligation to ensure those who are unfaithful to their oath are removed from office! DEMAND CONGRESS RESTORE OUR RIGHTS! – ENACT THE PAUL AMENDMENT NOW! KrisAnne Hall is a former prosecutor and Constitutional attorney who was fired from her job for teaching the Constitution to citizen groups. She is a disabled veteran of the US Army, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor's wife and a patriot. Her former employer, State Attorney for Florida's 3rd Judicial Circuit, gave her a choice – give up her First Amendment right to speak on her own time or be fired. KrisAnne said, "My First Amendment rights are worth more than a paycheck and I will not surrender them." She now travels the country and teaches the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. We are proud to have KrisAnne as a contributor to Americans United for Freedom. Keep Faith, Lynne Roberts, President
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