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U.S. Bill prohibits judicial review?!?!

The Real ID Theft Act is being voted on in the U.S. Senate tomorrow and according to Ars Technica, it contains a astonishing section that has been attached to this bill (which in turn has been attached to a large military appropriations bill):

H.R. 418 [the Real ID Act of 2005] would provide additional waiver authority over laws that might impede the expeditious construction of barriers and roads along the border. H.R. 418 would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive any and all laws that he determines necessary, in his sole discretion, to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads under IIRIRA ‘ 102…

Section 102 of H.R. 418 would amend the current provision to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive any law upon determining that a waiver is necessary for the expeditious construction of the border barriers. Additionally, it would prohibit judicial review of a waiver decision or action by the Secretary and bar judicially ordered compensation or injunction or other remedy for damages alleged to result from any such decision or action.

Incredible, the bill prohibits the judiciary from reviewing any decisions made by the Dept of Homeland Security - they could kill people while building that wall and nobody could do anything(like sue the state) for it. There goes one of their 3 Pillars of democracy, freedom my ass.

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