Activists, Journalists Celebrate as Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against NDAA.
[New York, NY] Judge Katherine Forrest ruled yesterday that the so-called “indefinite detention” provision (subsection 1021) of the fiscal 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) violates the Constitution and issued a permanent injunction against its application. The law would have allowed the military to indefinitely detain civilians without charge or trial if they are accused […]