Rand Paul threatens to Filibuster again
Today, Senator Rand Paul came out vehemently opposed to President Obama’s nomination of Prof. David Barron to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals of the First Circuit.
President Obama’s nomination of Judge David Barron to the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals is troubling because it relates directly, again, to the issue of whether this Administration believes we have a Fifth Amendment.
In 2010, Barron was the head of the Office of Legal Counsel, a group that dispenses legal advice to executive branch agencies. That year, Barron circulated a memo that authorized the extra-judicial killing of two American citizens, radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Islamic extremist Samir Khan. Both would be assassinated by a CIA drone the following year.
I have no sympathy for al-Awlaki, Kahn, or others like them. But that does not mean the president or anyone else in government has the authority to kill an American citizen without due process where there isn’t an imminent threat… (More from Breitbart)
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Here is some background on Prof. David Barron from a different perspective with questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz. A great question at 3:50 on abuse of executive power: