On May 17, 2010, Palazzo signed a second pledge while running for Congress in 2010. PLEDGE TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (see blue document below/2 pages), yet he voted for the Defense Authorization Act, an act which would place domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military and which would open the door for trial-free, indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, so long as the government calls them terrorists. So much for his pledge to uphold the Constitution! What Americans are now facing is quite literally the end of the line. We will either uphold the freedoms baked into our Constitutional Republic, or we will scrap the entire project in the name of security.

His vote violates the entire pledge, but more specifically, his vote for this bill violated item #7 in his signed Pledge to Uphold the Constitution of the United States, "I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A BILL THAT TRADES LIBERTY FOR SECURITY."

So despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to trial, the Defense Authorization bill would let the government lock up any citizen it swears is a terrorist, without burden of proving its case to an independent judge, and for the lifespan of an amorphous war that conceivably will never end.

His vote for this bill also violated item #9 in this pledge, "I WILL NOT EXPAND THE SIZE, SCOPE OR POWER OF GOVERNMENT."

Steven Palazzo does not represent you. He represents the deep pockets that have been supporting him and who are now funding his re-election campaign and apparently, a written pledge means as little to him as the pledge he took when he became a state Representative and again when he became a Congressman. His word means NOTHING!

If you expect accountability and someone to reduce the size and scope of government, in addition to protecting your freedoms, I urge you NOT to vote for Stephen Palazzo!

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