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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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[thies.livejournal.com]

afaik a few military trials in gitmo and one high profile case soonish in ny

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

So you probably shouldn't mention trials until we can get around to holding more than one or two... speaking of the Constitution, I'm guessing the whole part about holding people indefinitely without charges probably isn't in there.

[thies.livejournal.com]

not sure what you are getting at with "I'm guessing the whole part about holding people indefinitely without charges probably isn't in there" that both this and assassinations are unconstitutional? I'd agree.