The US Government could strip citizenship from Americans under Enemy Expatriation Act

[Cali_Democrat]

Published: 13 January, 2012, 21:35

When Barack Obama inked the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve, the president insisted that he wouldn’t use the terrifying legislation against American citizens. Another new law, however, could easily change all of that.

If the Enemy Expatriation Act passes in its current form, the legislation will let the government strike away citizenship for anyone engaged in hostilities, or supporting hostilities, against the United States. The law itself is rather brief, but in just a few words it warrants the US government to strip nationality status from anyone they identify as a threat.

What’s more, the government can decide to do so without bringing the suspected troublemaker before a court of law.

Under the legislation, “hostilities” are defined as “any conflict subject to the laws of war” and does not explicitly state that charges against suspects go to court.

http://rt.com/usa/news/expatriation-act-citizenship-ndaa-737/

[think]

1. I find it ironic that our government keeps declaring war on it's own citizens

[pinto]

2. Just an FYI - Bill was proposed and sent to committee Oct. 2011. Will likely die there.

One of my pet peeves with this source (RT) is their persistent out-of-context hyperbole and lack of basic journalistic standards. A simple search for the bill mentioned brings up the result cited below. My point - lots of crap gets proposed. Most never sees the light of day once referred to committee. Worth a look? Sure. Yet also worth noting that the President's signing statement on NDAA was made 2 months after this proposal. The bill is neither new nor likely to get beyond committee. ~ pinto

H.R. 3166: Enemy Expatriation Act

Overview
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA15]

Cosponsors:
Jason Altmire [D-PA4]
Robert Latta [R-OH5]
Frank Wolf [R-VA10]

Status: Introduced Oct 12, 2011

Last Action: Oct 24, 2011: House Committee on the Judiciary: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.

(No related legislation ~ pinto)

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-3166

[lamp_shade]

3. Thank you. Most of us knew that.