Talk:Indefinite detention

Why Obama signed indefinite detention
I think this is a huge question that really needs to be answered on this page. I've heard a couple people wondering what Obama could possibly have traded to give into signing indefinite detention into law. The answer is that it was part of a budget bill, a compromise to the huge mess that Congress has been fighting over for a while. Getting that into encyclopedic wording with appropriate references will take me longer, so feel free. The simplest option might be a few words describing what the National Defense Authorization Act is, after mentioning it's what Obama signed. —Darxus (talk) 17:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't have anything to add on that score yet, but thought I'd ask you to reword the phrase from Turley's blog that was reposted from The Guardian.
 * The problem is, the phrase you're quoting is "historic assault on American liberty" which is not Turley's words. They're from the caption, which was probably written by an editor at The Guardian.  This is a common problem with headlines, so I generally avoid taking anything from them.  They're also frequently changed after initially putting them online.
 * I'm pointing this out here because it's a worthwhile reference. Turley's is an important opinion, and it's better that it be rephrased than removed.  But another problem is that it needs attribution in the article because it's an opinion.
 * -- Randy2063 (talk) 18:25, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Look at speculation from four or five reliable sources. If two or three reasons are repeated two or three times, put them in there. Don't forget to reference the material. CarolMooreDC 18:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

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Requested move 6 September 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) qedk (t 桜 c) 12:12, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Indefinite detention without trial → Indefinite detention – This was moved from the shorter title without discussion several years ago in order to create the current WP:TWODABS page now at Indefinite detention. Although there are rare instances of a indefinite civil detention following a trial, the overwhelming majority of real world instances and references for use of the phrase involve people detained without a trial. It is the very fact of a trial that changes the nature of the confinement from indefinite detention to either a prison sentence or civil commitment. Furthermore, the other title on the page, Mental Health Act 1983, is not a matching title, and we have no other article with the title, "Indefinite detention". Move this page and quash the unnecessary disambiguation page. bd2412 T 02:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Support It seems that "Indefinite detention" is the WP:COMMONNAME for the phenomenon described in this article. As for the alternative "Indefinite detention following a trial" concept described in the dab page, maybe if there's enough RS coverage to establish it as a standalone topic, someone can someday write an article about it, or add some information about it to this article. But as it is, the bluelink to Mental Health Act 1983 is so remotely related, it doesn't even seem worth having a hatnote link to it. Colin M (talk) 04:50, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. The term actually used in the MHA 1983 was "custody during Her Majesty's pleasure" - and that section (no. 46) has been repealed. Detention under the current act (MHA 2007) must be reviewed at regular intervals, and is therefore not indefinite.
 * Hatnote the article to At Her Majesty's pleasure, whose lede mentions "indeterminate sentences of some prisoners". Narky Blert (talk) 14:18, 12 September 2019 (UTC)


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updated "United States" section due to Trump DoJ new request?
Update ?

Trump's DoJ asked Congress to allow chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies.

In one request, the DoJ asked Congress to give the attorney general (William Barr, implied in ref) and top judges broad powers that would allow them to pause court proceedings during emergencies or “whenever the district court is fully or partially closed by virtue of any natural disaster, civil disobedience, or other emergency situation.” These new powers would apply to “any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest, post-arrest, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings.”

The DoJ’s requests are unlikely to make it through a Democratic-led House. X1\ (talk) 20:48, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Betsy Woodruff Swan, DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic; One of the requests to Congress would allow the department to petition a judge to indefinitely detain someone during an emergency. March 21, 2020 Politico.com

More current, from Snopes: X1\ (talk) 23:09, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Bethania Palma Did DOJ Propose Rollback of Defendants’ Rights During Pandemic? Any changes affecting constitutional guarantees afforded federal criminal defendants in the U.S. would ultimately be up to Congress. 24 March 2020