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Hardly anyone talks about indefinite detention anymore, but some people don't forget.
Some additional notes and context on the NDAA’s indefinite detention provision:
This provision reinforced President George W. Bush’s previous assertions that the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) after 9/11 allowed such authority. The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit affirmed this “right” in the case of Padilla v. Rumsfeld. Though the court’s ruling affirmed the executive and military’s ‘right’ to impose indefinite detention, the 2012 NDAA codified it via legislation.
The 1021(e) provision claims “Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect existing law or authorities relating to the detention of United States citizens.” This may have been intended to suggest American citizens would not be subject to indefinite detention (to say nothing of the problems of the military indefinitely detaining anyone, citizen or not). However, the wording …