Posted on 02/01/2015 9:31:17 AM PST by John Semmens
In Senate hearings designed to vet Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, the question of whether it is constitutional for the government to use extrajudicial lethal force on an American citizen on American soil failed to elicit the obvious “NO” that should be expected from someone aiming to become the nation’s top law enforcer.
As Lynch sees it, “it all depends on who gives the order. If it’s someone trustworthy like President Obama, I think we give him the benefit of the doubt. We can’t allow ourselves to get tied in knots over ‘due process’ concepts originating more than 200 years ago. It is essential that our nation’s ruler have the flexibility to carry out whatever actions are needed to protect the government elected by voters.”
Lynch’s answer provoked startling divergent responses from key Republicans. Senator Ted Cruz (Texas) called her answer “absolutely disqualifying. Every attorney is an officer of the court and bound by ethics to pursue justice. Lynch seems more suited to the role of consigliere to a mob boss than chief legal adviser to a president.”
Senator Orrin Hatch (Utah), though, expressed admiration for Lynch’s “intellectual dexterity. The ability to create new legal standards on the fly is an invaluable talent. The only prudent course for us is to approve her elevation to the post, lest we ourselves be perceived as threats and get added to the President’s list of targets.”
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This goose stepping hack should be disbarred! Sh will no better than Adolph Holder was.
that’s not too far off the mark. The case for that was actually made under Bush II and affirmed by the Sultan. The target just has to be determined to be a terrorist then he can be killed or imprisoned without habeas corpus. A foreign terrorist, on the other hand, should be given all sorts of Constitutional rights and a battery of lawyers.
As Lynch sees it, “it all depends on who gives the order. If it’s someone trustworthy like President Obama, I think we give him the benefit of the doubt. We can’t allow ourselves to get tied in knots over ‘due process’ concepts originating more than 200 years ago.
This sounds like the Nazis excusing themselves for the Jewish holocaust; Stalin’s subordinates or followers of Mau Tse Tung for the slaughter of millions.
Peter King said, “Before I give my opinion, what did Ted Cruz say?”
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