To: Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; GregNH; Salvation; ...
Of possible interest to the SCOTUS ping list. See also post 14.
The administration's conclusion relies on the SCOTUS decision in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld which says, essentially, that the AUMF authorized the President to detain a member of the Taliban who was captured abroad in an armed conflict against the U.S. on a traditional battlefield even if he is a citizen of the United States.
The administration further concludes that since the AUMF authorizes lethal force against enemy belligerents that the AUMF authorizes the President to use lethal force against a U.S. citizen abroad who is engaged in armed conflict against the U.S.
15 posted on
06/23/2014 12:38:14 PM PDT by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: BuckeyeTexan
detain is a whole quantum different than summary execution. Can Øbama pardon himself?
16 posted on
06/23/2014 1:35:00 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
To: BuckeyeTexan; livius
Does that “Kill Courtesy” extend to include errant members of THE NINE SUPREMES, in the always correct opinion of the Administration of the Day?
By jing, we are back to Medieval Times again!
17 posted on
06/23/2014 1:35:52 PM PDT by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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