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>"...Holder has testified under oath that their killing would be unconstitutional." If you have a citation for this I like to see it. Overall he doesn't seem
by nate_meurer 13y ago
>"...Holder has testified under oath that their killing would be unconstitutional."
If you have a citation for this I like to see it. Overall he doesn't seem too committed to this idea. Furthermore, he seems to think that the president is the only legitimate arbiter of the constitutionality of these actions. From http://www.salon.com/2013/03/06/does_eric_holder_know_the_law/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/06/does_eric_holder_know_the_la...:
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Holder whether Congress could prohibit the targeted killing of Americans in America. “Do you believe Congress can pass a law prohibiting POTUS to use lethal force on U.S. soil?” he asked directly, explaining he meant the prohibition would apply only where a person did not present an imminent threat.
“I’m not sure that such a bill would be constitutional,” the attorney general responded. “It might run contrary to the Article II powers that the president has.” Article II is the section of the Constitution that lays out the president’s authority as commander in chief of the military.
- tptacek 13y agohttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/ted-cruz-goads-eric-holder-into-admitting-that-killing-americans-with-drones-on-u-s-soil-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ted-cruz-goads-eric-holder-into-a... I think I'm done with this argument now.
- BrandonMarc 13y agohttp://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/01/18 http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/01/18