Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic...
by larkost on Monday July 01, 2024 @08:02PM
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I don't like the killing by a drone (to easy for it to be misused), I am less ok with the killing of his 16-year-old son, and even less so for his daughters killing.
But... It seems he was a member of al-Qaeda, and the "Public Law 107–40 107th Congress Joint Resolution" passed by congress did authorize:
> That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force
> against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned,
> authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on
> September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to
> prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States
> by such nations, organizations or persons.
That does seem to authorize extra-judical killing in this case. I am not really happy about any of this, but since we are talking legalities, this seems to apply.
But... It seems he was a member of al-Qaeda, and the "Public Law 107–40 107th Congress Joint Resolution" passed by congress did authorize:
> That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force > against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, > authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on > September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to > prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States > by such nations, organizations or persons.
That does seem to authorize extra-judical killing in this case. I am not really happy about any of this, but since we are talking legalities, this seems to apply.
https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ40/PLAW-107publ40.pdf