Nick Pinto, reporter for the Village Voice, discusses Chris Hedges, Dan Ellsberg, et al.’s lawsuit asking the court to enjoin the president from exercising the powers in the National Defense Authorization Act to detain Americans indefinitely with military power, the judges defiant tone toward the government’s position and preliminary temporary injunction, Obama’s argument that a simple Boumediene habeus hearing will be good enough for you, the Milligan case after the Civil War, and the lack of media coverage.
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