“At the time Judge Forrest made her injunction, attorney #CarlMayer told RT on behalf of the plaintiffs that, although he expected the White House to appeal, ‘It may not be in their best interest.’
‘[T]here are so many people from all sides of the political spectrum opposed to this law that they ought to just say, ‘We’re not going to appeal,’’ Mayer said. “The #NDAA cannot be used to pick up Americans in a proverbial black van or in any other way that the administration might decide to try to get people into the military justice system. It means that the government is foreclosed now from engaging in this type of action against the civil liberties of Americans.”
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Indefinite Detention Ruling Appealed By Federal Prosecutors — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/indefinite-detention-ruling_n_1749566.html
“NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Monday appealed a U.S. judge’s order barring enforcement of part of a law that permits indefinite military detention for those deemed to have ‘substantially supported’ al Qaeda, the Taliban or ‘associated forces.’”
