Obama Administration reclaims NDAA powers

In an amazing turn of events, the unconstitutional indefinite detention clause of the NDAA has been deemed legal, once again.  US Court of Appeals Judge Raymond Lohier has placed a hold on the injunction, which had been approved by Judge Forrest last week. This reversal casts even further doubt over the legitimacy of the Judicial Branch in America, and in turn, any remaining due process protection for American citizens.

White House demands military prisons for Americans under NDAA  from RT

“Almost immediately after Judge Forrest ruled, the Obama administration challenged the decision,” writes Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that is listed as the lead plaintiff in the case. According to Hedges, the government called Judge Forrest’s most recent ruling an “extraordinary injunction of worldwide scope,” and Executive Branch attorneys worked into the weekend to find a way to file their stay.

“The Justice Department sent a letter to Forrest and the Second Circuit late Friday night informing them that at 9 AM Monday the Obama Administration would ask the Second Circuit for an emergency stay that would lift Forrest’s injunction,” Hedges writes. “This would allow Obama to continue to operate with indefinite detention authority until a formal appeal was heard. The governments’s decision has triggered a constitutional showdown between the president and the judiciary.”

Recounting last week’s short-lived victory against indefinite detention of Americans