S. 1867: John McCain Supports Robbing Americans of Due Process

Military hero, which I think is a questionable title, John McCain will support S. 1867. The controversial bill will rob Americans of due process rights as Patriot Act level power expands in the government. A bunch of Constitutional killing RINOS and Democrats are behind the bill including McCain.

Now I remind you, our founding fathers believed your innocent until proven guilty and the government has the responsiblity to prove you are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This legislation clearly denies that Constitutional right.

For those doubters who say this can't happen to Americans and it's for the terrorist, I recall in history where Abraham Linoln shut down printing presses and put his political enemies in jail who didn't agree with his war of Northern agression, which was not this just fight to end slavery--but started because the broke northern states were taxing the southern states to "redistribute the wealth."

Again in World War II, Japanese Americans were lined up and put in internment camps despite no record of treason or any other crime. They were simply put there because of their skin color as their possessions were destroyed and vandalized while they were locked in internment camps. It has happened in American and this bill is very dangerous.

Levin Bipartisan legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate would expand the military’s power to go after any terrorism suspect, including American citizens, anywhere in the world—including within the United States—and confine them indefinitely without being charged or tried.

S. 1867, referred to as the National Defense Authorization Act bill, was drafted in secret by Senators Carl Levin (D-Michigan) and John McCain (R-Arizona) and was scheduled for a vote by the full Senate on Tuesday.

Voices on both the right and left have expressed concerns about the bill, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.

Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado) has introduced an amendment to S. 1867 that would “delete the harmful provisions and replace them with a requirement for an orderly Congressional review of detention power,” according to the ACLU. “The Udall Amendment will make sure that the bill matches up with American values.”

The provision has also drawn the ire of high-ranking officials in the executive branch who see it as a usurpation of power by the military. FBI Director Robert Mueller wrote a letter to members of Congress raising his own concerns and stating that “The legislation ... will inhibit our ability to convince covered arrestees to cooperate immediately, and provide critical intelligence.” President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the bill.