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ceejayoz 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity fo...

> An extrajudicial killing of a political opponent certainly falls outside of scope.

There wasn't all that much fuss when we did it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki.

sowut 10 months ago [–]

while i appreciate he was a US citizen, i fail to see how it applies to our conversation

ceejayoz 10 months ago | [–]

What legal theory makes this offing of a US citizen extrajudicially on national security grounds different?

sowut 10 months ago | | [–]

this is an extreme example that really needs no explanation

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