MS SC644

Expresses Mississippi Legislature's opposition to Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-81), which authorize indefinite detention of persons without charge or trial.

Asserts that these provisions violate constitutional rights including habeas corpus, due process, trial by jury, and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures under both the U.S. and Mississippi Constitutions.

Declares that Sections 1021 and 1022 effectively repeal the Posse Comitatus doctrine by authorizing the Armed Forces to police within the United States and allow military detention of U.S. citizens captured domestically.

Instructs all state agencies to decline federal requests for detention under these provisions that would infringe on residents' freedom of speech, religion, assembly, privacy, or right to counsel.

Directs that copies be sent to the President, Congress, Supreme Court, and state legislatures to communicate Mississippi's constitutional objections to these federal detention authorities.