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Is denying Americans the right to life without due process an impeachable offense?
It should be.Is denying Americans the right to life without due process an impeachable offense?
It should be.
Are wars. legal systems and accidents included? Because if they are, everyone would be impeached.
Are wars. legal systems and accidents included? Because if they are, everyone would be impeached.
I'd have to agree with you here. In terms of the actual "scandals" going on, this in terms of the highest law of the land is the worst. I don't see it ever happening, partially because the GOP won't impeach over a national security issue, but Obama just FLAT UP ADMITTED that we assassinated 4 Americans without due process.
When you phrase it that way, this sounds like an abortion thread. Let me phrase it my way. Ordering the killing of American citizens by the military without trial should not be allowed. Whether the appropriate way to enforce that is impeachment of the commander in chief, I don't know. If it takes something that drastic to put a stop to it, probably. But the US government should not be in the business of using the military to kill people without trial.
This is in the subtle context of drone assassinations. Furthermore, accidents aren't really denying in the sense that the government isn't actively taking your life.
Is denying Americans the right to life without due process an impeachable offense?
Not necessarily. If you are an imminent threat to someone else then due process goes out the window.
Is denying Americans the right to life without due process an impeachable offense?
How do we define imminent? I see this whole assassination without due process taking us down a very, very dark road. I said it back in 2009 and I'll say it again. Obama is Bush's 3rd and now 4th term. Cheney would be salivating at death from above without due process.
We don't have a right to life per se.
How can we provide due process to someone who cannot be captured?
That is true. DOI has no legal bearing, but my point is that the government is executing citizens without trial.
How do we define imminent? I see this whole assassination without due process taking us down a very, very dark road. I said it back in 2009 and I'll say it again. Obama is Bush's 3rd and now 4th term. Cheney would be salivating at death from above without due process.
That is true. DOI has no legal bearing, but my point is that the government is executing citizens without trial.
Is denying Americans the right to life without due process an impeachable offense?
That's a damn good question, but I don't see how that alone is a reason to effectively ignore COTUS.
That's a damn good question, but I don't see how that alone is a reason to effectively ignore COTUS.
At the point in which American citizens are actively engaging in warfare against us then they aren't just criminals. They have, for all intents and purposes, rescinded their own citizenship and are resisting arrest until the moment that they surrender to the US. I think that high treason should be tried just like any other crime, but if someone leaves the country to join a hostile force it is not only practical but reasonable to kill them without trial. If they are captured that's a different story.