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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
President Mookie: "Oh no, no, I have just as good of evidence on Neal Stevens. Of course, it's all classified and I can't show it to anyone, but just trust me, I know he's a terrorist."
"Trust me" is not a basis for an imperial death sentence handed down without and due process.
Yes, for me. Citizens of the United States are granted certain constitutional rights, including the right to due process of law.
Supreme Court justice Scalia, usually one of the more conservative ones, even argued in 2004 that it was unconstitutional to even imprison a U.S. citizen accused of terrorism as an "enemy combatant" without a trial. I'm sure he'd be just as opposed to imposing a death sentence on one without a trial as well.
Careful...now you get into the rights of free speech, and does it pass the "imminent lawless action" test. It's not black and white. |
out of curiosity - is the united states legally allowed to assassinate non-us citizens in countries, and of countries, that the us is not at war with?
are there defined limits to this?