The indefinite detention bill passed the Congress with support from both parties, but that only means it was a bad idea with bipartisan backing:
President Obama’s action today is a blight on his legacy because he will forever be known as the president who signed indefinite detention without charge or trial into law,” said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU executive director.
“The statute is particularly dangerous because it has no temporal or geographic limitations, and can be used by this and future presidents to militarily detain people captured far from any battlefield. The ACLU will fight worldwide detention authority wherever we can, be it in court, in Congress, or internationally.
Signing the bill with serious reservations is still allowing it to become law, and that indefinite detention is now part of American law is worse than a confession of serious reservations.
Via ACLU.