America As a Constitutional Republic: When Can the President Kill?
Mar 1, 2012
CATO Institute-Even if the president can get away with acting unilaterally, he should not do so. The administration could create a formal process with internal checks and balances. Afsheen John Radsan and Richard Murphy, of the William Mitchell School of Law and Texas Tech University School of Law, respectively, argued that “the government must take reasonable steps based on individualized facts to ensure accuracy before depriving any person of life, liberty, or property,” but suggested that this requirement “might be satisfied by independent, intra-executive review.” In fact, Jeh Johnson contended: “Within the executive branch the views and opinions of the lawyers on the president’s national security team are debated and heavily scrutinized.”
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