Open Letters to Representatives Chaffetz and Matheson about their votes supporting legalized kidnapping

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Dear Representatives Chaffetz and Matheson, It is Memorial Day weekend. I am angered. You cast a troop-dishonoring vote against the Smith-Amash Amendment that would end kidnapping. You euphemistically call it “indefinite detention”. The vote came a day AFTER a federal judge placed an injunction on the practice based on First AND Fifth Amendments grounds! Don’t [...]

Thank you, Rep. Bishop, for supporting the Smith-Amash Amendment to the 2013 NDAA

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Dear Representative Bishop, Thank you for supporting the Smith-Amash Amendment to the 2013 NDAA. Last week a federal judge agreed with my concerns (that I voiced to you before your vote on the 201 NDAA) and placed an injunction against the 2012 NDAA “indefinite detention” provisions, because they violate the First and Fifth Amendments. By [...]