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New Bill Known As Enemy Expatriation Act Would Allow Government To Strip Citizenship Without Conviction

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:53 PM EST
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This is scary stuff people...

Congress is considering HR 3166 and S. 1698 also known as the Enemy Expatriation Act, sponsored by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Charles Dent (R-PA). This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being “hostile” against the United States. In other words, you can be stripped of your nationality for “engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.” Legally, the term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism. Since the Occupy movement began, conservatives have been trying to paint the protesters as terrorists.

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The new law would change a part of US Code 1481 which can be read in full here. Compare 3166 to 1481 and the change is small. The new section makes no reference to being convicted as it does in section (7). So even though the language of the NDAA has been revised to exclude American citizens, the US government merely has to strip Americans of their citizenship and the NDAA will apply. And they will be able to do so without convicting the accused in a court of law.

I hope I’m wrong, but it sounds to me like this is a loophole for indefinitely detaining Americans. Once again, you just have to be accused of supporting hostilities which could be defined any way the government sees fit. Then the government can strip your citizenship and apply the indefinite detention section of the NDAA without the benefit of a trial. This certainly must be questioned by American citizens. The way these defense obsessed Republicans think, our rights are always in danger of being taken away.

To read the full text of the bill, go here.

Call, write, email, contact your Congressperson asap...

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Reply#1 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:57 PM EST
dcstone01
It is stuff like this that is allowed to be 'considered' that gets me soooo mad that more Americans don't pay attention to our politicians nor political process...
This is the 'death' nail of our country, people, when our 'politicians' even offer up potential legislation like this...let alone speak about taking away our rights?...
When are you going to start complaining and vote them out or at least contact your representatives and let them know how you feel about this???...
WHEN???
Because it is almost too late...
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#1.1 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:02 PM EST
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