appeals court threw out a lawsuit that would have prevented the u.s. from indefinitely detaining people under the national defense authorization act the second circuit court of appeals found that the group of lawyers journalists and activists who brought a lawsuit against the obama administration cannot mount a case saying they quote lacks standing because section ten twenty one says nothing at all about the president's authority to detain american citizens the non-citizen plaintiffs also have failed to establish standing because they have not shown a sufficient threat that the government will detain them under section ten twenty one now the group maintains that the n.d.a. which by the way i should mention was really up in two thousand and twelve is unconstitutional and it could potentially lead to the arrest of innocent americans that's what they allege they are now looking at the supreme court for a final verdict when i was joined just a short time ago by tangerine bowl and she is the founder and director of revolution truth and she's also a plaintiff on this india a case and she told us in on the very latest. well that's nice not over and we have plenty o

appeals court threw out a lawsuit that would have prevented the u.s. from indefinitely detaining people under the national defense authorization act the second circuit of court of appeals found that the group of lawyers journalists and activists who brought a lawsuit against the obama administration cannot mount a case saying they quote lacks standing because section ten twenty one says nothing at all about the president's authority to detain american citizens the non-citizen scientists also fail to establish standing because they have not shown a sufficient threat that the government will detain them under section ten twenty one so the group maintains that the n.d.a. which by the way was reluctant two thousand and twelve is unconstitutional and it could possibly lead to the arrest of innocent americans they are now looking to the supreme court for a final verdict for more i'm joined now by tangerine bowl and she's the founder and director of revolution truth and also a plaintiff in this india case hi there tangerine so let's start off by talking about this ruling how far back does it put your cause in your opinion. well the fights are over we have ple

the show today you may remember our in-depth coverage of the lawsuit over the national defense authorization act which gives the government the ability to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens while after months of deliberation the second circuit court of appeals in new york city has officially ruled against the plaintiffs and struck down the suit so that means indefinite detention remains legal as long as detainees fit within the very very definition of whatever the government deems to be of quote associated force or provides quote substantial support to the enemy while following the court's decision the main plaintiff in the lawsuit and pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges said quote this is quite distressing it means there is no recourse now either within the executive legislative or judicial branches of government to hold the study assault on our civil liberties and most basic constitutional rights it's an issue that sits close to home for hedges who like many journalists often embed themselves with the enemy forces or even known terrorists to get both sides of a story his precisely the kind of person who could be a target of this law although implications loom for whistleblowers and activists as well so as it stands plaintiffs i

the show today you may remember our in-depth coverage of the lawsuit over the national defense authorization act which gives the government the ability to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens while after months of deliberation the second circuit court of appeals in new york city has officially ruled against the plaintiffs and struck down the suit so that means indefinite detention remains legal as long as detainees fit within the very very. definition of whatever the government deems to be a quote associated force or provides quote substantial support to the enemy while following the court's decision the main plaintiff in the lawsuit and pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges said quote this is quite distressing and means there is no recourse now either within the executive legislative or judicial branches of government hope to study assault on our civil liberties and most basic constitutional rights it's an issue that sits close to home for hedges who like many journalists often embed themselves with the enemy forces or even known terrorists to get both sides of a story his precisely the kind of person who could be targeted on this law although implications loom for whistleblowers and activists as well so as it stands plaintiffs in t

the show today you may remember our in-depth coverage of the lawsuit over the national defense authorization act which gives the government the ability to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens while after months of deliberation the second circuit court of appeals in new york city has officially ruled against the plaintiffs and struck down the suit so that means indefinite detention remains legal as long as detainees fit within the very very definition of whatever the government deems to be of quote associated force or provides quote substantial support to the enemy while following the court's decision the main plaintiff in the lawsuit and pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges said quote this is quite distressing and means there is no recourse now either within the executive legislative or judicial branches of government hope to study assault on our civil liberties and most basic constitutional rights it's an issue that sits close to home for hedges who like many journalists often in bed themselves with the enemy forces or even known terrorists to get both sides of the story here is precisely the kind of person who could be targeted on this law although implicate. for whistleblowers and activists as well so as it stands plaintiffs in t