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A federal court in New York issued a permanent injunction blocking the indefinite detention powers of the NDAA but the injunction was stayed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals pending appeal by the Obama administration. On July 17, 2013, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the district court's permanent injunction blocking the ...
Obama) against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, in which Congress "affirms" presidential authority for indefinite detention under the AUMF and makes specific provisions as to the exercise of that authority.
Indefinite detention is the incarceration of an arrested person by a national government or law enforcement agency for an indefinite amount of time without a trial.The Human Rights Watch considers this practice as violating national and international laws, particularly human rights laws, although it remains in legislation in various liberal democracies.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
The justices will consider the federal government's appeal of a case brought by lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union.
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The detention sections of the NDAA begin by "affirm[ing]" that the authority of the President under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF), a joint resolution passed in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, includes the power to detain, via the Armed Forces, any person, including a U.S. citizen, [11] [22] "who was part of or substantially ...
Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained At the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities: January 22, 2009 January 27, 2009 January 22, 2009 74 FR 4897 E9-1893 [15] [16] 5 13493: Review of Detention Policy Options: January 22, 2009 January 27, 2009 January 22, 2009 74 FR 4901 E9-1895 [17] [18] 6 13494