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YOU NEED TO READ THIS:

On May 16, United States District Court Judge Katherine Forrest of the Eastern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act. This is the provision that permits the indefinite military detention of American citizens on U.S. soil without charge or trial merely on the suspicion that they may have engaged in support for terrorism. On May 25, the President, acting through the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, asked the Judge to formally reconsider her decision. Today, June 7, Judge Forrest issued a ruling refusing to reconsider her previous decision.

Now, the President must decide whether he wishes to appeal Judge Forrest's decision to the United States Court of Appeals. Remember, this is the President who promised he would veto NDAA if it got to his desk with the indefinite detention provisions included, and then, signed it anyway in the dead of night last New Year's Eve.

WE NEED TO SEND AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF MESSAGES TO THE PRESIDENT TELLING HIM, "Mr. President, do not appeal Judge Forrest's injunction against Section 1021 of the NDAA." If the President does not appeal, the Judge's decision will stand, and Section 1021 will have effectively been eliminated.

The U.S. Senate is to vote on a similar provision in this year's (2013) version of the NDAA later this month. We can help assure that the Senate also slaps down Section 1021 by forcing the President to abandon any plans he may have to appeal Judge Forrest's decision.

Call the White House at 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 and leave a message, "Mr. President, do not appeal Judge Forrest's injunction against Section 1021 of the NDAA."

Call both of your United States Senators (you can find their names at www.senate.gov) at 202-224-3121, and ask the operator to connect you to your Senator's office (you will need to make separate calls to each of them). When a staff person comes on the line, tell them your name, your address, and just say "Please tell the Senator that I urge him/her to stand with the Constitution and oppose indefinite detention during the debate on this year's NDAA later this month."

You can also send email messages to both the President and your Senators through this link at demandprogress.org: [link]

WE CAN WIN THIS, BUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIBERTY LOVING AMERICANS NEED TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD TODAY. PLEASE, TAKE FIVE MINUTES AND MAKE THESE CONTACTS. YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!