Michigan House Passes Bill Blocking NDAA Detention
Submitted by emalvini on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 07:46For Immediate Release: Dec. 5, 2012 - Tenth Amendment Center
A bill condemning detention provisions written into the National Defense Authorization Act and blocking any state cooperation with federal agents attempting to detain people in Michigan without due process unanimously passed the Michigan House Wednesday.
HB5768 declares, “no agency of this state, no political subdivision of this state, no employee of an agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state acting in his or her official capacity, and no member of the Michigan national guard on official state duty shall aid an agency of the armed forces of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, or detention of any person pursuant to section 1021 of the national defense authorization act…”
It passed 107-0.
Bill sponsor Rep. Tom McMillin was jubilant after the vote.
“My bill opposing NDAA’s indefinite detention, and taking away due process, and prohibiting the Michigan government from participating passed the House today. On to the State Senate,” he said.
A large coalition of grassroots activists spanning the political spectrum, including the Tenth Amendment Center, supported the bill and lobbied for its passage.
“There has been a lot of debate about the Feinstein amendment recently passed in the U.S. Senate. Will it really protect Americans from indefinite detention? Or is the language too broad? State actions like the one taken in Michigan today protect people no matter what they come up with in D.C.,” Tenth Amendment Center national communications director Mike Maharrey said. “Even if the Feinstein amendment sticks, it still expressly claims congressional power to pass legislation to detain people on U.S. soil. It is the duty of state legislatures to interpose and stop the progress of evil. And what can be more evil than government-sanctioned kidnapping? Don’t let caterwauling in D.C. distract you. Keep pressing your state lawmakers to take action.”
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Now I'm confused
I thought the recent renewal or bill that Rand Paul defended his yes vote had the language toned down, or at least that is how Rand defended his vote....
Help me pls, I havent been following this as closely as I should
R3VOLution
Blocking NDAA Detention?
I live in Michigan. When I first read this headline I was jumping up and down with joy and couldn't beleive that our state government was actually going to protect us from Big Brother for a change. Then I read the bill.....
Please correct me if I'm wrong but the way that I read it, it doesn't in any way block them from detaining us or protect us in any way. The way I read it is that the State just won't participate in helping them???? If this is true I will loose all excitement over this.
Please tell me your thoughts.....
That was my first thought too. Not to throw water on it, but it
it seems weak. No teeth in it. It's good that they're not gonna help the feds, but they should be kicking them out!
Debbie
Whoo-Hoo!
We're doing something right in this state. Sure hope it goes all the way! E-mailed the link to some family & friends in this state. Nice to here good news for once!
Especially sweet that it's in the state of
the Zionist sponsor of the bill, Carl Levin.
Emailed my representative.
So proud to be a Michigander right now.
Really?.....
Funny, not a story in any of the three MI newspapers I have this morning. Go MI though! All MI residents here on the DP should take a minute to email or call their reps to let them know they support the vote so the reps remember how much people really do car about things like this.
jrd is still here... kinda in a weird sort of way. She also just might be the happiest girl in the world because she got exactly what she wanted which was a perfect summer wandering playlist.
I am often encouraged
by the local governments. What happens to people when they go to the federal level...compromised souls, I guess.
The law cannot make a wicked person virtuous…God’s grace alone can accomplish such a thing.
Ron Paul - The Revolution
Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms. Ron Paul
Rockin'!
Hmmmmm.... now if we could just do that in IN.
emailed the link
to Governor-elect Pence, who voted against the NDAA. Gonna hit up the reps next.
Failure to Lead
Romney criticized Obama for "failure to lead", which was ironic because Romney never once stuck his neck out on anything. He merely criticized Obama after-the-fact. With that being said, the real leadership is coming from the state legislatures. To me, this is just another example of how out-of-touch Washington is.
MICHIGAN?!
Out of all the places...heh.
Good for them. Hopefully it'll spread.
A signature used to be here!
"107-0"
'Nuff said. GOOD JOB for once, politicians.
Lima-1, out.
If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
If Michigan can block it, there's hope for all the states.
...
UNANIMOUS!
Wow! Wow! Wow!
For all of Idaho's huffing and puffing about being full of liberty lovers.... Michigan delivers!
Ron Paul supports a new 9-11 investigation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH9nOWnp5G0
This is a great example of the virtue of the liberty movement
going LOCAL and joining force with liberals / progressives!
Bump for the great state of Michigan
.
Big Bump!
For the great state of Michigan
Proud to be
From Michigan today.
Laurelai
+1 Which
doesn't happen very often, politically speaking.