L.A. Liberty

Killing the Bill of Rights on Its Anniversary

via CFL:

Today marks the 220th anniversary of the day the Bill of Rights were officially added to the Constitution.

Ironically [or, rather, tragically], the U.S. Senate is set to kill the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments of that Bill of Rights later today.

Last night, the U.S. House approved the Conference Report version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes provisions that would allow the President to throw American citizens in jail [without due process] and keep them there indefinitely.

The Senate is set to vote on this bill around 4 pm eastern today, so I need your immediate help if we are to stop this dangerous legislation.

You can find your senators’ contact information here.

Give ‘em hell.

This would be one of the most egregiously liberty-crushing laws to ever pass. If we don’t stop them now, solutions may turn ugly.

Click below for what I sent the Senators who represent the State of California this morning. Feel free to use it as a template to send to your “representatives.” Of course, since the vote is imminent, I recommend bombarding them with phone calls.

Senator [_________],

You have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution and fight for the basic rights of citizens and residents of the State of [__________]. The National Defense Authorization Act, which will be voted on by the Senate later today, would effectively destroy the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments of the Bill of Rights by circumventing the due process all human beings must be afforded.

It is your responsibility to stand up to this aggression.

My family and I do not ask this of you, we demand it.

We pray you do the right thing.

Thank you.

[______________]