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(38,893 posts)is illegal. There are plenty of better things for the government to do than fight for the provision to indefinitely detain US citizens.
"Obama Defies Federal Court Ban On NDAA Indefinite Detention"
Obama is refusing to follow a federal court order that found the NDAA violates the Constitution and temporarily banned indefinite detention of U.S citizens.
The Obama administration is refusing to follow the order of a Federal District Court Judge Katherine Forrest who last month temporarily blocked the government from detaining U.S. citizens indefinitely without charge as authorized by section 1021 of the NDAA in a ruling that declared the NDAA unconstitutional.
The Obama administration first responded to the ban on indefinite detention by asking the courts to lift the injunction.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/06/04/obama-defies-federal-court-ban-ndaa-indefinite-detention-140691/