Obama Lawyer: No Court Can Challenge Extrajudicial Execution at President’s Whim

The Obama administration’s top Pentagon lawyer on Wednesday said that courts have no business questioning executive branch decisions about whom to target for extra-judicial execution in the war on terror, even if that target is an American citizen. “Belligerents who also happen to be U.S. citizens do not enjoy immunity where non-citizen belligerents are valid … Continue reading Obama Lawyer: No Court Can Challenge Extrajudicial Execution at President’s Whim