HEDGES v. OBAMA

No. 12 Civ. 331(KBF).

890 F.Supp.2d 424 (2012)

Christopher HEDGES, Daniel Ellsberg, Jennifer Bolen, Noam Chomsky, Alexa O'Brien, U.S. Day of Rage, Kai Wargalla, Hon. Brigitta Jonsdottir M.P., Plaintiffs, v. Barack OBAMA, individually and as representative of the United States of America; Leon Panetta, individually and in his capacity as the executive and representative of the Department of Defense, John McCain, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor as representatives of the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Ira Afran , Attorney at Law, Carl J. Mayer , Princeton, NJ, David H. Remes , Silver Spring MD, for Plaintiffs.

Benjamin H. Torrance , Christopher Blake Harwood , United States Attorney's Office, New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

KATHERINE B. FORREST, District Judge:

On May 16, 2012, this Court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of § 1021(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Pub.L. No. 112-81, 125 Stat. 1298 (Dec. 31, 2011)("the NDAA"). See Hedges v. Obama, No. 12 Civ. 331, 2012 WL 1721124 (S.D.N.Y. May 16, 2012) (order granting preliminary injunction) (the "May 16 Opinion"). On June 6, 2012, in response to a footnote...

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