The Republic is dead. The Rule of Law is assassinated.
From the New American:
On April 4, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Obama administration’s killing of three American citizens in two drone strikes in 2011.
The complaint was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of the families of Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan, and Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, Anwar al-Awlaki’s 16-year-old son.
The complaint focuses on the violations to the Constitution arising from the assassinations of the three men, who were American citizens. Anwar al-Awlaki was born in the state of New Mexico, while his son Abdulrahman was born in Colorado. Khan was a naturalized U.S. citizen whose family lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. Anwar Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in Yemen on September 30, 2011, while Anwar’s son Abdulrahman was killed in a separate drone strike on October 14, 2011.
The case of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki leaves every American citizen in the crosshairs, simply due to who our family members are, or the family members of those with whom we might innocently choose to have a picnic.
“Judge Collyer effectively convicted Anwar Al-Aulaqi posthumously based on the government’s own say-so, and found that the constitutional rights of 16-year-old Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi and Samir Khan weren’t violated because the government didn’t target them. It seems there’s no remedy if the government intended to kill you, and no remedy if it didn’t. This decision is a true travesty of justice for our constitutional democracy, and for all victims of the U.S. government’s unlawful killings.”
Those GPS coordinates to our front doors Census workers took last time could come in real handy for Mr. Obama, or any future President, given this decision. And courageous and honorable men like Trey Gowdy, or Dr. Ben Carson, or Allen West–how long before their opposition to tyranny gets them classified as “terrorists” by the President and his henchmen?
The post Imagine a Drone-Fired Missile Hitting the Constitution. Or Your Child. appeared first on Political Outcast.
