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Obama's assassination list--American jihadists should be stripped of citizenship, then killed
The Washington Times ^ | November 20, 2010 | Editorial

Posted on 11/20/2010 3:03:39 PM PST by jazusamo

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights have brought suit against the Obama administration for ordering the targeted killing of American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to be holed up in Yemen. These groups argue that the president doesn't have the legal authority to order the assassination of American citizens. That's right, so in order for the kill order to stand, Awlaki should be stripped of his citizenship.

President Obama has exceeded his power in ordering Awlaki's assassination. Americans abroad are protected by constitutional guarantees of due process, at least when faced with U.S. government action. The implications of Mr. Obama having the legal authority to place American citizens abroad on a government hit list are too alarming to contemplate. If the precedent of unilaterally targeting Awlaki without due process stands, then anyone could go on the list.

Awlaki would no longer have constitutional protections if he lost his citizenship. In 1940, Congress passed legislation that established a number of statutory "expatriating acts," which automatically voided American citizenship if undertaken voluntarily. These included taking an oath to a foreign power, serving in the military of a country at war with the United States, or committing treason. The intent of Congress was to make clear that some actions were by their nature fatal to being an American.

Subsequent Supreme Court decisions restricted but did not overturn the law. In Afroyim v. Rusk (1967), the high court determined the 14th Amendment is "most reasonably ...


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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assassination; awlaki; citizenship; obama
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Strip him and rip him.
1 posted on 11/20/2010 3:03:44 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

wont happen . The Demcrats need every vote......


2 posted on 11/20/2010 3:05:41 PM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: jazusamo
Question: If some future president has this authority, what's to keep him or her from using it on you or me?

We are dangerous Freepers, after all.

3 posted on 11/20/2010 3:11:29 PM PST by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: rrrod

I hear you but it looks like Zer0 has screwed up big time, he’s already illegally ordered him assassinated.


4 posted on 11/20/2010 3:11:40 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Oberon

Exactly, and that’s why Zer0 should be nailed for ordering this. He not only appointed thugs to advise him in his administration but dumb thugs.


5 posted on 11/20/2010 3:14:46 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Had W done this, the press would have covered this non-stop, and the democrat house would have impeached him. Of that you can be certain.


6 posted on 11/20/2010 3:14:53 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: jazusamo
[0's] already illegally ordered him assassinated.

Why wouldn't 0 think he could order an assassination?

It's the power of EVERY monarch to order the execution of subjects, isn't it?

7 posted on 11/20/2010 3:16:27 PM PST by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: jazusamo

but I thought the world would love us for putting president zero in office?


8 posted on 11/20/2010 3:17:38 PM PST by television is just wrong
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To: Joe 6-pack

No doubt at all you’re right.


9 posted on 11/20/2010 3:17:59 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
Born-here citizenship (Anwar al-Awlaki's for instance) is granted by the Constitution and can only be stripped if the Constitution is amended to allow doing so.

It's basic that what's done by the Constitution can't be undone by statute law, and no law that tries to remove a born-here's citizenship will survive an encounter with the modern Supreme Court.

10 posted on 11/20/2010 3:21:24 PM PST by Grut
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We should read his his rights and pay for a lawyer....

/s


11 posted on 11/20/2010 3:25:18 PM PST by misterrob (Thug Life....now showing at a White House near you....)
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To: jazusamo

We should read him his rights and pay for a lawyer....

/s


12 posted on 11/20/2010 3:25:38 PM PST by misterrob (Thug Life....now showing at a White House near you....)
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To: Grut

The latest SC case cited in the article is (Vance v. Terrazas (1980)) but you may be right with our sitting court. I’m sure no authority on it.


13 posted on 11/20/2010 3:26:10 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Just tossing this out there...

Who or what agency will carry out this assassination?

If the alleged order is illegal and our troops are ordered to carry out this assassination....?

On which grounds should the be court martial-ed? Obeying or disobeying?

Birth Certificate anyone?


14 posted on 11/20/2010 3:26:10 PM PST by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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"wont happen . The Demcrats need every vote....."

Don't worry, they'll pick it up on the "dead vote."
15 posted on 11/20/2010 3:33:08 PM PST by FortWorthPatriot (Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics!)
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To: jazusamo

If he has a hit list, doesn’t it follow that he has death squads on the hunt?


16 posted on 11/20/2010 3:34:29 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: Grut
"It's basic thatwhat's done by the Constitution can't be undone by statute law, and no law that tries to remove a born-here's citizenship will survive an encounter with the modern Supreme Court."

As reluctant as I am to assist the dumb 1 in the white house, there may be a way out for him. What is needed is a large dose of "due process". In view of the fact that the dumb SOB has violated his oath to support the Constitution and laws of the United States, we should get our new house of representatives to impeach the SOB for failing to support the Constitution. After the impeachment we can cut a deal to have both him and that fool biden resign. Then we can get the NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE to move up to the no. 1 job and begin to clean up the mess the democrat ts have made of things.

17 posted on 11/20/2010 3:36:37 PM PST by An Old Man
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To: jazusamo

American jihadists should be stripped of citizenship... should be automatic, no question.


18 posted on 11/20/2010 3:36:50 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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To: jazusamo

Obama said : “Some people in DC talk about me like a dog”.....

Fred Thompson replied : “Maybe it’s because he keeps treating this country like a fire hydrant”


19 posted on 11/20/2010 3:37:19 PM PST by mirkwood (Palin-Bolton 2012)
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To: jazusamo

Pinpoint his location. Target with smart bomb. Call him collateral damage. (Oops)


20 posted on 11/20/2010 3:39:11 PM PST by bigheadfred (/s happens)
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