via the hardworking Mr. Sulzman: WASHINGTON -- A federal judge expressed skepticism on Friday over the Obama administration’s assertion that the judicial branch has no role in a lawsuit filed on behalf of three American citizens killed by drone strikes. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, a George W. Bush nominee, repeatedly questioned the government’s justification for arguing the judicial branch didn’t have a part to play in determining whether it is constitutional to kill American citizens overseas. She also expressed skepticism over the government’s assertion that a close executive branch review of drone strikes counted as due process. “The executive is not an effective check on the executive when it comes to a person’s constitutional rights,” Collyer told a government lawyer. "Your argument is that the court has no role in this. None, none, none. The scope of your argument is what concerns me because it would gobble up all the air in the room.”
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 18:18:26 +0000
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