This may sound like a long shot legal strategy to defeat this tyrannical law called the National Defense Authorization Act. We not have only the US Constitution to call out this illegality of arresting American Citizens using the Military. We do also have treaty law too we can use to counter this abuse of power. I know throughout history, the US Government violated treaties with the native American Indians. They violate treaties everyday. They broke the law of the land with inhumane treatment at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib with torture and holding prisoners without cause.
When the US Senate so arrogantly declared the world and American soil a battlefield now where the US Military has the jurisdiction to arrest American citizens on US soil without cause. They are breaking treaty law. All treaties are law of the land under the US Constitution not withstanding. The NDAA might be breaking the Geneva and Hague convention treaties. These treaties were ratified by the US Senate making them the law of the land. Under the rules of war, they cannot torture people and have to allow access by international observers to check on the treatment of prisoners.
Under these treaties. It not only protects uniformed military, it protects militias and civilians do fall under the jurisdiction of these treaties under the rules of war. It does allow for diplomatic emissaries to be represented in foreign nations. The Military must allow safe passage for any Militia or a state dignitaries that seeks to secede for the union cannot be detained. They cannot designate them as enemy combatants under these treaties. journalist are protected too. This NDAA should not only be challenged under the procedural anomalies to get this provision added to a appropriations bill. It should be challenged on the grounds of violating the Bill of rights as always. We must use every legal angle possible. That is even using treaty law to stop this abomination from being implemented.
To the Commissioned officers and NCOs, you are not only obligated to uphold your oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. You are also legally bound to treaty law too. The provisions in the NDAA must be challenged at every legal angle using any peaceful means possible. We have the law on our side. Just because congress and the President are willing to violate the law of the land. It does not mean you have to. Just because it is legal, does not make it lawful and moral to carry it out. Honor the Constitution and the Treaties that govern the rules of war.
When the US Senate so arrogantly declared the world and American soil a battlefield now where the US Military has the jurisdiction to arrest American citizens on US soil without cause. They are breaking treaty law. All treaties are law of the land under the US Constitution not withstanding. The NDAA might be breaking the Geneva and Hague convention treaties. These treaties were ratified by the US Senate making them the law of the land. Under the rules of war, they cannot torture people and have to allow access by international observers to check on the treatment of prisoners.
Under these treaties. It not only protects uniformed military, it protects militias and civilians do fall under the jurisdiction of these treaties under the rules of war. It does allow for diplomatic emissaries to be represented in foreign nations. The Military must allow safe passage for any Militia or a state dignitaries that seeks to secede for the union cannot be detained. They cannot designate them as enemy combatants under these treaties. journalist are protected too. This NDAA should not only be challenged under the procedural anomalies to get this provision added to a appropriations bill. It should be challenged on the grounds of violating the Bill of rights as always. We must use every legal angle possible. That is even using treaty law to stop this abomination from being implemented.
To the Commissioned officers and NCOs, you are not only obligated to uphold your oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. You are also legally bound to treaty law too. The provisions in the NDAA must be challenged at every legal angle using any peaceful means possible. We have the law on our side. Just because congress and the President are willing to violate the law of the land. It does not mean you have to. Just because it is legal, does not make it lawful and moral to carry it out. Honor the Constitution and the Treaties that govern the rules of war.
Wow! Good one, Lone Star! I never even considered the Geneva Convention.
ReplyDeleteIts all common law, if they try to step all over you, shoot the bastards! No-one, and NO ENTITY has the right to forceable get you to do ANYTHING.
ReplyDelete"Just following orders" is NO EXCUSE for anyone.
No piece of paper, or code, or entity will save you from these pricks. Only your gun, and those of your friends and neighbours.
Get used to the idea of making your neighbourhood a fortress where everyone sticks together. Thats what Hezbollah is. Its armed neighbourhood watch, to protect their families and friends.
They might easily pick people of one by one, but won't go into an area knowing they have a high possibility of death.
Imagine a million hezbollah style neighbourhoods in the USA.
Ha, ha, this is pretty funny. You actually think that men with guns can be restrained by a piece of paper! And that one is obliged to abide by it because somebody else has had a vote! Which you had no say in! And that you have to keep on abiding by it unless and until someone gives you permission not to!
ReplyDeleteRidiculous!
While I admire your line of thinking, I feel this is what the powers that be actually want.
ReplyDelete"Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will pledge with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government.”
- Henry Kissinger in an address to the Bilderberger meeting at Evian, France, May 21, 1992.
This could just be another step towards a one world government, whether or not NDAA is challenged in the creative way you have mentioned or not.
The answer will come from within this country I suspect.
Any piece of paper will not protect you in this dystopia, only your gun can stop the scums!
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ReplyDeleteThere is a maxim of law which says that, "In times of war, laws are silent."
ReplyDeleteI suspect this is the reason the Geneva Conventions have done nothing for those detained in Gitmo. Similarly, they will do nothing for you.
Also, as I understand things, one must have standing to bring an action or suit. The problem with international law is that only nations who are a party to those agreements have standing to bring suit under those treaties. Who will bring an action on behalf of aggrieved Americans? Iran, perhaps? Afghanistan or Iraq? Maybe our old friend Isreal will step in on behalf of America?