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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]

I bet I can use a variation of that on any argument you'll make

[eracerhead.livejournal.com]

Only if I make the claim that it is unconstitutional. Or say something really stupid like the president wipes his ass with the constitution.

[thies.livejournal.com]

nah, I can whine like you whenever there is someone with a higher authority who should be called upon to settle an issue. ie pretty much any political issue :D

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

It's not like SCOTUS goes around saying what's constitutional and what's not at a whim. Odds are this is a novel issue (my cursory look hasn't turned up any thing in the SupCt Reporter addressing US government use of "assassination"). SCOTUS gets to say whether an act or enactment of government is constitutional, it can't prognosticate based on hypothetical scenarios. If it's never been presented to them, it's open for debate (this is why people pay lawyers instead of just finding a book full of answers). Think of it as Schroedinger's Law.

[eracerhead.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I admit I was just being glib.