Constitutional Law
Mar. 21, 2013
On the constitutionality of drone strikes
There are growing bipartisan demands in Congress for President Obama to publicly release all the legal memos justifying targeted drone killings of suspected terrorists, both Americans and noncitizens.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
There are growing bipartisan demands in Congress for President Barack Obama to publicly release all the legal memos justifying targeted drone killings of suspected terrorists, both Americans and noncitizens.
During a recent hearing on drones, Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, insisted that the "American people deserve to know and understand the legal basis under which the Obama administration believes it can kill U.S. citizens, and under what circums...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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