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Do we have a President or a King?

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An attempt at a short essay, please be kind.

Do we have a President or a King?

Only a King has the power to issue Death Warrants, or set the punishment of one of his subjects decided by his whim. Clearly stated in the Constitution only the Congress can set the punishment of a traitor, if one is declared such, and only in open Court can such a determination of treason be made, and only with two or more witnesses to an Overt Act, or by confession. So clearly nowhere is the president or the executive involved in this determination, so the ability to make death lists is not a power ascribed to a sitting president. This goes to the core of the principles on which this nation was built. One of the key motivations for the establishment of the Constitution was the abolishment of Kings, Royalty, and Titles of Nobility. The power of one man to issue a Decree of Death is only held by Kings or synonymously Dictators, known of old as Death Warrants. Ipso Facto, we have now a president who has taken on the mantle of a King, which consequently makes each every one else his subjects. How do you like being a Subject to a King now?

Yesterday I had a brief conversation on twitter with a pretty well known personality, one that that went like this:
him: To #RINORonPaul-istinians: How better could al Awlaki have been eliminated from the battlefield, if not as 'neocon' ☮bama ordered? ~ #NUTS!
me: Legally would be nice.
him: At what cost?
me: What is the cost of allowing presidential unilateral non-reviewed execution powers?
him: UR evasion noted, answer the question
me: You simply wish to avoid the cost of due process, clearly no president should have that power.

At which point he did not reply, and deleted his responses to me, so I don't think I convinced him but maybe got him to think a little.

Updated 10-01-2011 at 10:23 AM by libertyjam

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