When Congress adopted and Barack Obama signed the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2012, alarms were raised over the possibility that
it would allow the indefinite and rights-free detention of those who are
called "belligerents," even if they are American citizens.

While
the argument over those provisions rages, one state lawmaker in Rhode
Island has jumped into action to protect the danger he sees for
residents of his state, proposing a resolution to exempt his
constituents from sections of the federal law. by Bob Unruh (READ MORE
AT THIS LINK) http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/single-state-defies-obama-detention-plan/