<P> In the United States , the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to `` a speedy and public trial '' . Thus , arrested persons may not be held for extended periods of time without trial . However , since the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( NDAA ) , controversy has broken out as to whether or not the U.S. government now has the power to indefinitely detain citizens . Section 1021 and 1022 of the legislation enacted policies described by The Guardian as allowing indefinite detention `` without trial ( of ) American terrorism suspects arrested on U.S. soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay '' . </P>
<P> In the United States , the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to `` a speedy and public trial '' . Thus , arrested persons may not be held for extended periods of time without trial . However , since the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( NDAA ) , controversy has broken out as to whether or not the U.S. government now has the power to indefinitely detain citizens . Section 1021 and 1022 of the legislation enacted policies described by The Guardian as allowing indefinite detention `` without trial ( of ) American terrorism suspects arrested on U.S. soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay '' . </P>
under the preventive detention act a person can be arrested without trial for
under the preventive detention act a person can be arrested without trial for
American terrorism
American terrorism