There is quite a bit of talk this week about the issues with the "indefinite detainment" provision in the National Defense Authorization Act. Most Defenders of Liberty bring up the Constitutional argument, which is quite sound. However, I feel it's more important to take a look at an earlier document: The Declaration of Independence.
Our Founding Fathers wrote so eloquently that the reason for declaring independence from the British crown was due to "a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tryanny over [the] states". Among the facts submitted in this wonderful document was the King's practice of "depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury".
Do we really want to commit the same abuse of government power that our Founding Fathers thought justified a revolution? If this is not an important issue to you then I fear the direction this country is heading.
