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[quote]WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration believes it could technically use military force to kill an American on U.S. soil in an "extraordinary circumstance" but has "no intention of doing so," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter disclosed Tuesday.[/quote]So, according to the Attorney General, the President of the United States of America believes he has the authority to disregard the Constitution, the supreme law of the land which he is sworn to uphold, and violate the inalienable rights of American citizens. He thinks that the checks placed around his branch of government are irrelevant and that it should the the Executive, not the Judiciary, branch that interprets the law and condemns American citizens to death without a fair trial.
I'm sure this speaks for itself. It is disgusting, it is scary, and this man, Barack Obama, should not be in the office of the most powerful position on Earth. Isn't this essentially the precursor to fascism and militarized law enforcement? It's an absolute disregard for the rule of law and the idea of a limited government with a separation of powers.
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The problem isn't drones. You could replace that with something else. The circumstance placed within the hypothetical would be like a group of U.S. citizens forming a violent or terrorist organization within the U.S. and launching a large scale attacks against the U.S. government and its people (maybe like the IRA but bigger). In that situation, I believe the U.S. government can and should have the authority to use immediate lethal action, whether it be drones or troops. In my mind it's no different than the police using force against an armed man. In no way does it suggest flying 200 drones over suburbs launching predator missiles to every other playground.