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[thies.livejournal.com]

Using the constitution as toilet paper - again. The Obama administration authorized the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki who holds US citizenship. There is some nefarious precedent being created by allowing the President to order the killing of American citizens, regardless of their alleged crimes, without granting them their 5th Amendment rights. Bush with his renditions, and the implications of the Patriot Act was bad enough, but ordering a US citizen to be assassinated as Obama now did takes it to a whole new level. I bet Stalin would be proud of Barry Soetoro. Anyone want to wager which other parts of the constitution will be considered void by Obama until he gets kicked out of the white house?

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[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether the U.S. can revoke someone's citizenship or not, but I would say that they shouldn't be able to. Yes, if they can do so, then he is no longer a citizen and becomes a foreign national, and thus it's not treason, but honestly, that's still an immoral way to do it. It's an ad hoc justification to avoid the law. And I'm still not convinced it's really legitimate, and I would definitely say that should be taken up by the Supreme Court.