Can we create a police state? Yes we can

Can we create a police state?  Yes we can.

The audacity of totalitarianism - the United States is now officially a fascist totalitarian state with the passing, and presumptive signing, of the National Defense Authorization Act, which defines in Articles 1031 and 1032  that the executive branch can label anyone an enemy combatant, including US citizens in the US, and imprison them indefinitely with no right to habeas corpus, no right to counsel, and no right to trial.

So, out the door goes at least 800 years of legal prior precedence (so much for stare decisis), as the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus precedes the Magna Carta (1215) which states “...no free man shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed except by the lawful judgment of their peers or by the law of the land.”

One can argue that this was the seminal issue with the nobles' revolt and establishment of the Magna Carta.  And with one deft (well, two if you count the nifty predecessor PATRIOT act) stroke of a pen, Obama will attempt to eradicate 800 years of civil liberty, citing the endless and undeclared war on terror as the reason.  I'd say we should push for a constitutional amendment to rectify this, but it strikes me we already have one which is being blatantly ignored.  (The Fourth Amendment for those of you counting)

This is a patently unconstitutional law, and should be vigorously assailed at every turn.  It'd be a great time to join the ACLU if you don't already belong.