Dennis Kucinich: Governments Targeted Killings of Americans Are "An Assault On The Constitution"
Kucinich: Targeted Killings ‘An Assault On The Constitution’
by Sahil Kapur
March 9, 2012
Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) — who lost a brutal primary battle on Tuesday to Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) — vehemently criticized the Obama administration’s program of targeted killings of US citizens abroad without due process, declaring it a “dangerous” violation of the Constitution that ought to meet resistance from Democrats and Republicans alike.
“Any assault on the Constitution ought to be challenged,” Kucinich told TPM in a Thursday interview at his Capitol Hill office. “This is absolutely an assault on the Constitution.”
“The idea that the United States has the ability to summarily execute a US citizen ought to send chills racing up and down the spines of every person of conscience,” he argued. “The fact that our government can set itself up as policeman, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner, all wrapped into one fatal moment, should cause every person who loves this country to be deeply concerned about the direction we’re going.”
Asked for comment Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) both claimed to be unfamiliar with the administration’s legal rationale. (!!!!! BBI) Reid, though, said he strongly supported the administration’s decision to kill Awlaki.
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