If it stands, the ruling suggests that courts have no role to play, before or after, in reviewing the legality of government decisions to kill citizens whom officials deem to be terrorists in overseas wartime operations. NYT on dismissal of CCR/ACLU lawsuit challenging legality of targeted killings: nyti.ms/1iceGC9 CCRs Baher Azmy: “The Constitution cannot permit the killing of U.S. citizens based on the government’s untested claim of dangerousness.”
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:09:00 +0000