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To: DuncanWaring

Drones are irrelevant. The question is whether there are circumstance where the military could use lethal force against an American Citizen. And, the answer is of course there are.


105 posted on 03/06/2013 6:07:45 PM PST by DugwayDuke
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To: DugwayDuke

The Constitution gives Congress the power to call out the militia to suppress insurrections, not the President.

Doing so, however, would be an acknowledgement that a Civil War was in progress, and be likely to provoke a reciprocal response.


108 posted on 03/07/2013 7:15:18 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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