Napolitano: Obama Should Be Impeached for Awlaki Killing

From NEWSMAX:

President Barack Obama is shredding the U.S. Constitution faster than any of the 42 men who preceded him in office, according to Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, author of the brand new “It is Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong.”

It is so bad he should be impeached over the murder of American terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaki – and if Congress won’t take that action, he should be indicted once he is out of office.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Napolitano said it doesn’t matter that Awlaki was probably guilty – the fact is he was a U.S. citizen and the Constitution outlaws his killing without due process…

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EDITOR: The issue of whether an American government has the right to murder an American citizen deserves sober discussion.  The Constitution speaks on both sides of the issue, providing great power to the president and great protection to the citizenry.  We suspect there will be  no satisfactory court answer.   Safeguards are in place, but are they adequate?

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  1. GW Bush was never impeached for repeatedly ignoring the US Constitution. Which is worse: the targeted killing of a proven terrorist, or the invasion and occupation of a sovereign country which never presented any kind of threat to the US.

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