154 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 8 Jul \ parent \ on: The Press Make Wild Claims in the Wake of the Court’s Immunity Decision news
Drone strike in Yemen killed American citizens.
Apparently immune because he is Obama and it was an official act as Commander in Chief?
On Monday, March 5, Northwestern University School of Law was the location of an extraordinary scene for a free nation. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder presented President Barack Obama’s claim that he has the authority to kill any U.S. citizen he considers a threat. It served as a retroactive justification for the slaying of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki last September by a drone strike in northeastern Yemen, as well as the targeted killings of at least two other Americans during Obama’s term.
https://jonathanturley.org/2012/03/07/obamas-kill-policy/
Even when Awlaki’s family tried to challenge Obama’s kill order, the federal court declared that the cleric would have to file for himself — a difficult task when you are on a presidential hit list. Moreover, any attorney working with Awlaki would have risked being charged with aiding a terrorist.
Of course, even those who hold an angelic view of Obama today may come to find the next president less divine.