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Ron Paul Introduces Bill To Repeal Dangerous Sections of The National Defense Authorization Act

Congressman Ron Paul took time out from the presidential campaign trail to return to Congress today to vote against raising the debt ceiling (again!). While there he took to the well of the House of Representatives to introduce a bill torepeal the most dangerous parts of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Those sections, which we have been talking about on our Principles and Policies broadcast/podcast for the last several weeks, would allow American citizens to be “detained” indefinitely without access to the writ of habeus corpus by presidential fiat.

According to this story on The Hill’s website, without mentioning his name, Paul also slammed Senator Lindsey Graham who is quoted as stating “When they say, ‘I want my lawyer,’ you tell them, ‘Shut up. You don’t get a lawyer’” as Graham spoke in favor of the NDAA.

We will keep you apprised of the particulars of Paul’s bill as they become known.

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/12/2012- Looking Deeper In Order To Learn

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday January 12, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a deeper look at the Constitution in order to demonstrate what’s really wrong with the Enemy Expatriation Act (S 1683 and HR 3166).

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/11/2012- Ex Parte Quirin And American Citizenship

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday January 11, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze what’s wrong with the argument that Ex Parte Quirin allows American Citizens to be stripped of their citizenship by either a presidential decree or an act of Congress. The Constitution says otherwise.

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/10/2012- Patriotism and Bills Of Attainder

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday January 10, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze two bills before Congress- S 1683 and HR 3166– The Enemy Expatriation Act. Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) uses the “appeal to patriotism” fallacy to justify attempting to pass The Enemy Expatriation Act (EEA). The EEA is a bill of attainder and is overtly unconstitutional. Dent argues that it is necessary to “modernize our response” to the “war on terror” which is itself an impossibility.

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/9/2012- 2012- The Year Of Living Dangerously?

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday January 9, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze two bills before Congress; S 1683 and HR 3166– The Enemy Expatriation Act.

 

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/6/2012- Ex Parte Merryman And Pre-emption of the NDAA

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday January 6, 2012. Chuck Michaelis looks at another pivotal Supreme court decision that pre-empts the NDAA’s constitutionality.

We are discussing things found in these articles:

From Naomi Wolf’s blog- How Congress is signing its own arrest warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Bill

From the Associated Press- Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’

From Alex Jones- Obama Administration Demanded Power To Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens , Happy New Year: Obama Signs NDAA, Indefinite Detention Now Law of the Land

Obama Defense Bill Signing Statement

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/5/2012- Ex Parte Milligan And The National Defense Authorization Act

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday January 5, 2012. Chuck Michaelis and Barry Sheets take a close look at Supreme court decisions like Ex Parte Milligan and find ample evidence that the NDAA is unconstitutional.

We are discussing things found in these articles:

From Naomi Wolf’s blog- How Congress is signing its own arrest warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Bill

From the Associated Press- Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’

From Alex Jones- Obama Administration Demanded Power To Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens , Happy New Year: Obama Signs NDAA, Indefinite Detention Now Law of the Land

Obama Defense Bill Signing Statement

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/3/2012- Very Different Ends Of The Political Spectrum Sing The Same Tune On The National Defense Authorization Act

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday January 3, 2012. Chuck Michaelis  looks at the reasons that so many holders of VERY different political viewpoints are ringing the tocsin about the National Defense Authorization Act.

We are discussing things found in these articles:

From Naomi Wolf’s blog- How Congress is signing its own arrest warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Bill

From the Associated Press- Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’

From Alex Jones- Obama Administration Demanded Power To Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens , Happy New Year: Obama Signs NDAA, Indefinite Detention Now Law of the Land

Obama Defense Bill Signing Statement

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/2/2012- Why “Signing Statements” Are Not A “Line-Item Veto”

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday January 1, 2012. Chuck Michaelis  updates on S. 1867, now the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) and President Obama’s use of yet another “signing statement” to attempt to avoid enforcing a law he should have vetoed.

We are discussing things found in these articles:

From Naomi Wolf’s blog- How Congress is signing its own arrest warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Bill

From the Associated Press- Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’

From Alex Jones- Obama Administration Demanded Power To Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens , Happy New Year: Obama Signs NDAA, Indefinite Detention Now Law of the Land

Obama Defense Bill Signing Statement

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/29/2011- Is The President Above The Law?

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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 29, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis  discuss the use of “signing statements” by US Presidents to try and avoid doing their constitutionally mandated duties.