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Confederate
02-05-2013, 04:32 PM
Judge Napolitano On Drone Strikes: Nowhere Justifiable Under The Constitution Or Federal Law


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSCzfoXJL6Y
http://youtu.be/aSCzfoXJL6Y
Confederate
02-05-2013, 05:03 PM
"That is nowhere justifiable under the Constitution, nowhere justifiable under federal law," Judge Andrew Napolitano argued on FOX News today. "In fact, federal law and the Constitution are to the opposite. Unless you are actually pulling a trigger or are in moments of pulling that trigger or dropping a bomb, the government has an obligation to do its best to arrest you and charge you with a crime and prosecute you before it can indiscriminately kill you."
Danke
02-05-2013, 05:05 PM
"That is nowhere justifiable under the Constitution, nowhere justifiable under federal law," Judge Andrew Napolitano argued on FOX News today. "In fact, federal law and the Constitution are to the opposite. Unless you are actually pulling a trigger or are in moments of pulling that trigger or dropping a bomb, the government has an obligation to do its best to arrest you and charge you with a crime and prosecute you before it can indiscriminately kill you."

What if you pulled the trigger the past?
Confederate
02-05-2013, 05:08 PM
What if you pulled the trigger the past?

Murders are typically arrested and put on trial. They're only killed if they present an imminent danger, ie: they are in the act of committing violence.

Nice avatar, btw.
Danke
02-05-2013, 05:09 PM
Murders are typically arrested and put on trial. They're only killed if they present an imminent danger, ie: they are in the act of committing violence.

Nice avatar, btw.

What if they are getting away?
Confederate
02-05-2013, 05:12 PM
What if they are getting away?

They haven't been found guilty until they are given their day in court.
Danke
02-05-2013, 05:16 PM
They haven't been found guilty until they are given their day in court.

Well, the military would have a hard time functioning. One drone strike I recently saw took out a fleeing vehicle with the people that just minutes earlier had fired mortar rounds into a US military base.
Confederate
02-05-2013, 05:21 PM
Well, the military would have a hard time functioning. One drone strike I recently saw took out a fleeing vehicle with the people that just minutes earlier had fired mortar rounds into a US military base.

That's a different thing. That's not what is being talked about here. Those people attacked US troops in war zone. It's not comparable to targeted killings of American citizens who may or may not be involved in 'terrorist' activities.
Danke
02-05-2013, 05:24 PM
That's a different thing. That's not what is being talked about here. Those people attacked US troops in war zone. It's not comparable to targeted killings of American citizens who may or may not be involved in 'terrorist' activities.

I didn't see the differentiation in the original quote.
Danke
02-05-2013, 05:26 PM
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