States Say “Stop” to NDAA
January 10,
2014 AFP
• States rejecting indefinite detentions
By Mark Anderson
On
December 26, Michigan became the fourth state to sign into law a bill that
formally tells Washington that Michigan will not cooperate with the federal
government in arresting and indefinitely
detaining American citizens on United States soil as “enemy combatants” under
the broad National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
According to the Tenth Amendment Center (TAC),
the apparent nerve center of this 10th Amendment movement, the Allegan County,
Michigan Board of Commissioners was among the first local governing bodies to
pass a resolution opposing federal “kidnapping powers” in the NDAA.
TAC,
which describes itself as “a national think tank that works to preserve and
protect the principles of strictly limited government through information,
education, and activism,” has drawn up model resolutions for any state, county,
town or other political subdivisions whose leaders want to officially state
their displeasure with federal military policy during the “war on terror.”
The
Michigan Bill, S.B. 94, and similar bills signed into law in three other
states, are seen by TAC as “a first step to nullification” of the NDAA.
The overall NDAA is a broad, annual authorization of policies and directives affecting the entire military apparatus. The federal powers that states and localities are opposing were first found in Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 NDAA signed into law on December 31, 2011.
Michigan’s
S.B. 94 received resounding support, passing the
Michigan Senate 37-0 March 6, 2013. It didn’t go to the House until December
10, where it passed 109-0. It was signed into law December 21, and then filed
with the secretary of state December 26 to immediately take effect.
In
Virginia, H.B. 1160, the Virginia Liberty Preservation
Act, became law on July 1, 2012, making Virginia the first state in the nation
to pass a law of this kind. In Alaska on June 21, 2013, H.B. 69 was signed into
law for the same purpose. And on October 1, 2013, California Governor Jerry
Brown signed A.B. 351, the California Liberty Preservation
Act, into law.
States in
which anti-NDAA measures have been introduced but have not yet passed either
chamber are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas
and Washington. In South Carolina, such a measure (S.92) was passed only in the state senate.
TAC encourages local-level
actions in every state, regardless of whether or not the state government has
taken any action.
Mark Anderson is AFP’s roving reporter. Listen
to Mark’s weekly radio show on the AMERICAN FREE PRESS RADIO
NETWORK.
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