The biggest problem here is that it is setting up precedent.
All the government now has to do to murder you is declare you to be a terrorist; they've already effectively suspended habeus corpus and have shut up the right to trial so it is pretty much dependent on their whim (see standing
)… with this particular case they are setting the groundwork for legalizing the killing of citizens directed by the executive without trial or defense.
Remember — when it's precedent against the Constitution the Constitution loses because the Constitution inherently limits governmental power. This means that those government-agents in power would be surrendering power, something experience has shown mankind is disinclined to do.
“. . .they’ve already effectively suspended habeus corpus and have shut up the right to trial so it is pretty much dependent on their whim (see standing)… with this particular case they are setting the groundwork for legalizing the killing of citizens directed by the executive without trial or defense.”
Where is this in law?
I’d like to read the actual legislation.