Lucille
03-09-2012, 12:58 PM
But of course O Duce claims that right. It's how totalitarians roll.
I'm sure the Neo-Trots are pleased, since those statist goons will be the first to cheer when O-bomb-ya comes gunning for the Constitutionalists.
FBI Director: I Have to Check to See If Obama Has the Right to Assassinate Americans On U.S. Soil (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-10-09/fbi-director-i-have-check-see-if-obama-has-right-assassinate-americans-us-soi)
Since the panel is the extension of his authority, he can presumably disregard their recommendations or order a killing without their approval. Since the Administration has emphasized that the “battlefield” in this “war on terror” is not limited to a particular country, the assumption is that the President’s authority is commensurate with that threat or limitless theater of operation. Indeed, the Justice Department has repeatedly stated that the war is being fought in the United States as well as other nations.
[...]
Thus, Mueller’s uncertainty is understandable . . . and dangerous. The Framers created a system of objective due process in a system of checks and balances. Obama has introduced an undefined and self-imposed system of review ….
Indeed, given that virtually any American could be considered a suspected terrorist these days, no one is safe from an all-powerful president’s whims.
More at the link.
Related: Legal Experts Destroy Rationale for Obama’s Assassination Policy … And Slam Democrats for Supporting It (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-10-08/legal-experts-destroy-rationale-obama%E2%80%99s-assassination-policy-%E2%80%A6-and-slam-democ)
Liberal Demands Assassination Orders Be Filed in Triplicate (http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/03/06/liberal-demands-assassination-orders-be-filed-in-triplicate/) <--Because that headline makes me LOL...
I'm sure the Neo-Trots are pleased, since those statist goons will be the first to cheer when O-bomb-ya comes gunning for the Constitutionalists.
FBI Director: I Have to Check to See If Obama Has the Right to Assassinate Americans On U.S. Soil (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-10-09/fbi-director-i-have-check-see-if-obama-has-right-assassinate-americans-us-soi)
Since the panel is the extension of his authority, he can presumably disregard their recommendations or order a killing without their approval. Since the Administration has emphasized that the “battlefield” in this “war on terror” is not limited to a particular country, the assumption is that the President’s authority is commensurate with that threat or limitless theater of operation. Indeed, the Justice Department has repeatedly stated that the war is being fought in the United States as well as other nations.
[...]
Thus, Mueller’s uncertainty is understandable . . . and dangerous. The Framers created a system of objective due process in a system of checks and balances. Obama has introduced an undefined and self-imposed system of review ….
Indeed, given that virtually any American could be considered a suspected terrorist these days, no one is safe from an all-powerful president’s whims.
More at the link.
Related: Legal Experts Destroy Rationale for Obama’s Assassination Policy … And Slam Democrats for Supporting It (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-10-08/legal-experts-destroy-rationale-obama%E2%80%99s-assassination-policy-%E2%80%A6-and-slam-democ)
Liberal Demands Assassination Orders Be Filed in Triplicate (http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/03/06/liberal-demands-assassination-orders-be-filed-in-triplicate/) <--Because that headline makes me LOL...