The Nevada Chapters of PANDA (People Against the National Defense Authorization Act, the NDAA) announce the introduction of BDR 728, The Nevada Liberty Preservation Act
The bill, sponsored by Nevada State Senator Don Gustavson, will be part of the 2013 Nevada State Legislative session which begins in February. Passage of the Nevada Liberty Preservation Act will demonstrate the Legislature’s commitment to Constitutional Law and Individual Liberty by restoring the right to due process to all persons in Nevada.
The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act was overwhelmingly passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 31, 2011. The 2012 NDAA declares the United States to be a battlefield in the war on terror and Section 1021 & 1022 authorize the indefinite detention, without charge or trial, of all persons on US soil suspected of terrorist activity or accused of ‘belligerent behavior’. This violates at least 23 Articles of and Amendments to both the US and Nevada Constitutions.
PANDA, a national, nonpartisan, grass roots organization, founded in January 2012, is committed to the nullification of the NDAA’s unconstitutional authorizations at the state and local levels of government. PANDA started in Bowling Green, OH and has since expanded to 30+ states with over 90 chapters nationwide.
The three Nevada Chapters of PANDA worked resolutely to gain support for this initiative within the State Legislature. Daphne Lee, Clark County Chapter Head said, “We are working hard every day to restore the rights of every Nevadan, and will work tirelessly until we have succeeded”.
Christopher Corbett, Nevada State Coordinator for PANDA said, “I appreciate the community support backing up our efforts and the courage of those members of our governing bodies who are willing to actively protect the constitutional rights of their constituents. We need to restore the Constitutionally protected right to due process for every American.”
The Nevada Chapters of PANDA are among the most active chapters in the nation. While introduction of BDR 728 marks a major milestone, the group has also made significant progress at the City and County levels. During the first quarter of 2013, Nullification of the NDAA will be on the agenda for the Washoe County Commission and the Reno City Council.
Contact:
Chris Corbett
775-240-2588
pandaunitereno@yahoo.com
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This should never have been signed or passed !!! Everyone who did should be put in prison,….they are not American !
The American people must know who co-authored this un-constitutional act, none other than RINO Senator John McCain. He along with his Democrat buddy Senator Carl Levine, must have spent night burning the midnight oil to put together such an abomination of a Bill that allows a president to arrest anyone including American citizen’s that he and he alone deems to be a threat to the nation.
The person accused by a sitting president would not have any rights, none whatsoever, he/she would simply disappear and might not ever be seen or heard from ever again. One would think that for someone that spent seven years in a Hanoi prison, when he allowed himself to get shot down in Vietnam, that having known the horrors of being wrongfully incarcerated that he would be more empathetic and understanding, but by co-authoring such an un-constitutional document as he clearly has, he obviously has no empathy of what others might be forced to experience since Obama signed his idiotic un-constitutional bill into law.
RINO McCain, needs to retire and watch the sun rise and set somewhere in Sedona Arizona, he no longer belongs in the Halls of Congress.
Gabor Zolna, you have nailed it. This was a terrible law when passed and the more we live with it, the more we realize just how bad it is. All RINOs need to retire and live under their stupid laws they have sponsored. Until we convince the majority of voters to wake up and stop following these socialist policies of the left-wing element of our society, we will continue to have bad laws such as NDAA. Then, again, our voting system has been compromised where illegal are being allowed to vote. This also must change if our republic form of government is to survive. Obama and his ilk have us headed 100 miles per hour toward a socialist form of government. John Kerry, how Obama has just nominated to be the new Secretary of State, needs to be defeated in the House and Senate. He is just as incompetent as Hillary.
Bob202, actually Kerry is worse than Hillary, she is just incompetent, he is that and also a crook and a coward. The Obama Administration is comprised of low life’s and I suspect that unless Obama is removed from office due to his ineligibility being proven, Kerry will be the next Secretary of State. Check out the video I mad on exactly that under Gabe Zolna on Youtube.
Yes, RINOs must go, but it wasn’t just RINOs who supported the NDAA. Most of the democrats supported it, too. How I wish we could retire all of them with the exception of a few true conservaties.
This makes me wonder if the survivors of Benghazi could be “indefinitely detained” so that their account of the massacre would remain unknown. Sen. Jason Chaffetz has said that he has been denied access to these survivors. He seems to be the only strong force behind a move to investigate the massacre and give us the truth. The NDAA gives far too much power to the president. Thank God PANDA and people like this Nevada State Senator are trying to nullify the NDAA. Somehow I doubt that this will go very far, though. Earlier in our history, sStates had the right to nullify whatever was considered unconstitutional, but I think a later amendment may have stripped states of the right to nullify.
Mc Cain just want to be a communist like the rest of his buddys in Congress but to stupid to pass the entrance exam.
I meant top have written compromised, LOL! Sorry for the typo!
to, not top, I need to slow my fingers down before I hit the send button!
Shouldn’t the country be allowed to detain terrorist who have found their way into our borders? It is not like they are going to round up a bunch of teens out past curfew. There are still bad guys out there. If your goal in life is to take care of your family and enjoy life there is nothing to worry about. The way I understand it this was enacted to detain terrorists who threaten American lives. Why is this such a bad idea?
aloha- If this were used to simply detain known terrorists that would be one thing. but this bill allows for the detention without trial of ANY American citizen for any reason for an indefinate period of time. The only one who needs to know that reason is Obama. That my friend is unconstitutional. In this country under the constitution we are guarenteed the right to a trial.
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