[CaptainCrunch]

I would expect that this bill will come under serious attack by the supreme court if it gets by the President.

Its too broad, and it effects guaranteed rights under the U.S. Consititution. At the heart of it, basically the National Defense Act would effectively repeal the Posse Comitatus Act.

I would like to add though that the National Defense Autorization act isn't a radical reshuffling as Congress could have suspended Posse Comitatus which could be ignored by an act of congress ie national emergency requiring military support. Basically the bill allows certain actions to happen without martial law is enacted or without Congress having to continue to re-enact suspensions

In theory in something like Hurrican Katrina, Military members could patrol streets, arrest looters and actively fire on mobs if so ordered by an act of congress. I also believe that a declaration of Martial Law at a state or federal level could in theory suspend Posse.

I don't know if this bill is a blanket attack on consitutional rights as the original terrifying video makes it out to be, it sounds more like a reaction to the home grown terrorist threat and equalizing the treatment of homegrown members or sympathizers to foreign terrorist groups to foreign terrorists threatening the United States and being sent to Guantonimo (sp)

There's a lot of muddle in the originating video and in the debate of this bill by people.

However I could be completely wrong.