Links to some 35 or so articles about S. 3081 are here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3081/news.
You can read about how many fellow Americans also foresee danger, not just from the bill itself but from the fact that elected officials are willing to capitulate to 'knee jerk' action-plans to combat terrorists. Terrorism is the 'tail wagging the dog.' By 'giving over' legislative responsibility they nullify our Constitutional Rights and deny the Source from which they are derived. -- rfh Vote them out November 2012!
Senate Bill S. 3081 (111th Congress) may become another "unintended consequences" Pandora's Box considering o'der leader has already 'green lighted' VIPR-TSA fascism; ATF/FBI/DEA/ICE keystone kops' 'Operation Gun Runner', 'Fast'n Furious', and 'Operation Castaway'; etc. etc. etc. -- rfh
(" ..opening Pandora's box means to create evil that cannot be undone.") src: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_box
Does this sound familiar? ... "In any case, Hitler called the cabinet together only very rarely after the first months of 1933-the last cabinet meeting happened in 1937. He preferred to "govern" via decrees and personal orders." [...executive orders...] ( reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_act ) -- rfh
Any bill like S. 3081 that would grant powers to the executive branch allowing it to designate "enemies of the State" is incredulous. Every time a new law or regulation is passed, it grows and becomes twisted so as to apply beyond its original intent. (..unintended consequences..!) To grant such sweeping powers to the president is reminiscent of another leader's 'rise to power' and the German word "Ermächtigungsgesetz" ( "the enabling act." ) -- rfh
The German word Ermächtigungsgesetz usually refers to the enabling act of March 23, 1933, officially Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich ("Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the State"). It became a cornerstone of Adolf Hitler's seizure of power. Unlike, for example, the Wilhelm Marx enabling act of December 1923, Hitler's act
- was "limited" for four years, not several months
- enabled government not only to create decrees, but even laws and treaties with other countries
- these laws could deviate from the constitution
- there were no thematic limits
- neither any house committee nor the Reichsrat (the common organ of the German regional states) had the right to control, or to abolish these laws
An enabling act is a piece of legislation by which a legislative body grants an entity which depends on it for authorization or legitimacy the power to take certain actions. For example, enabling acts often establish government agencies to carry out specific government policies in a modern nation state. The effects of enabling acts from different times and places vary widely. The government had success in gathering those majorities by threatening to call for presidential dictatorial decrees (usually called Notverordnungen),
..S. 3081: Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 -- A bill to provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. ( source: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3081/show ) [Sounds good, right? -- rfh]
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]
This bill never became law. [Whew...! -- rfh] This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session. ( http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3081 )
Cosponsors: Scott Brown [R-MA] - Saxby Chambliss [R-GA] - James Inhofe [R-OK] - George LeMieux [R-FL] - Joseph Lieberman [I-CT] - Jefferson Sessions [R-AL] - John Thune [R-SD] - Roger Wicker [R-MS] - David Vitter [R-LA]
From: Off The Grid News Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 Subject: Are You Classified a Terrorist?
We have a constitutional crisis in this country. This crisis isn't being precipitated by any one party or any one ideology--all across the board, politicians of all stripes are implementing rules, regulations, agencies, and laws that clearly go against every fundamental principle of our constitutional republic. Have these entrenched politicians NEVER picked up a copy of the Constitution and read it? Have they no idea HOW this republic is supposed to work?
Or are they on such a mad, power-hungry high to grab complete control of our lives that they just don't care anymore? I think they're power-hungry crazy. I think they have lost every last bit of common sense and control. I think they operate without a shred of decency or concern for the Constitution. And I think that if we as the "people" don't stand up and fight back, we're doomed. Introducing Senate Bill 3081 [ ... in the last session of Congress, the 111th. -- rfh] Senate Bill 3081 is called The Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010. It was introduced by Senator John McCain, but he acted in behalf of Senators Lieberman, Inhofe, Brown, Wicker, Chambliss, LeMieux, Sessions, and Vitter, all who co-sponsored the bill. First let's note two things right off the bat. One - Senator John McCain is a Republican. Yes, he's a "republican in name only" (RINO) as far as many people are concerned, but he wears the label of the Republican party, has the full-court approval of the Republican party, and has run for president on that same ticket. He is a senior member in the Senate, with many years under his belt. Two - this bill was introduced March 2010. March 2010. Have you heard about it at all? Has there been an outcry over this bill in any media outlet? Do common every day Americans who are busy working and trying to survive, who don't have time to peruse and glean information from various Internet news sites and blog spots even know that such a bill is before Congress?
The horrible consequences if this bill makes it into law are astonishing. I'm not being overly emotional or incendiary when I say that this gives Gestapo-like powers to the federal government in its day-to-day interactions with the American citizenry. Will YOU be labeled an "enemy combatant?" Don't laugh. Janet Napolitano and her security council have classified what many would call "core" Americans as potential terrorists:
- Do you believe in a right to life? Then you're suspect...
- Are you an American soldier returning from war? Oh gosh, we better get surveillance on you...
- Do you sport a Ron Paul bumper sticker on your car? Maybe you should be detained...
- Do you believe in the Constitution and have a copy of it? Well, you're the biggest threat of all...
Senate Bill 3081 from the 111th Congress would have allowed the U.S. military to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens that were considered a terrorist threat, "without being charged with a crime, without being read a Miranda warning, without trial, without access to their 5th and 6th Amendment rights and without their rights under Article 3 Section 3 of the Constitution based on suspected activity." (RedState.com)
And who gets to determine the definition of a "potential terrorist threat?" Why the executive branch of our government - the president and his security advisors. Are you feeling all warm and fuzzy yet?
What lunatic in Congress would grant the president such wide-sweeping, unconstitutional authority? That supposedly "conservative" senators are co-sponsoring this bill is unconscionable! Perhaps it's time that we introduce the precise wording of the Constitution to our senators and congressmen since it's obvious they have NO idea what's in there! Or they could just be like one Illinois congressman who just doesn't "worry about the Constitution." We are NOT a democracy. We do not govern by majority vote. We are a Republic with a government based upon rule of law. That law is enshrined in the Constitution. However, we can hardly hold our representatives' and senators' feet to the fire and to the letter of that document if we don't even know what's in it ourselves. How Familiar Are You With the Founders' Plan? Let's face it...our country is in trouble. And ignorance and apathy play a large part in where we find ourselves today. Our public schools no longer teach civics or the responsibility of the citizens to get involved in this great experiment called the United States of America. Our school boards would rather allow LaRaza leftist revolutionary ideology to be taught to 3rd graders (such as the most recent charge brought before the Tucson area school board by a concerned mother), than to teach them what our Founders envisioned for this country, the political system that they set up, the checks and balances that are inherent in that system, and their responsibility to this country and her government.
If you're like me, you know that all the greedy power-grabs our politicians are engaged in are unconstitutional. You're just unsure of arguing your position because you can't cite historical facts, so you remain quiet. And the power grabs continue and ramp up in intensity.
Don't sit around watching as your congressmen and senators dismantle this nation one bill, one resolution, one agency, and one law at a time. Become informed. Understand the Constitution and our Founders' principles that went behind it's creation inside and out. Educate your children and friends. And begin participating in our "citizen" government!
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