Obama. Seriously. Is this how a so-called Constitutional Scholar runs shop?
From Glenn Greenwald:
But whatever anyone thinks of those issues, it should offend every American that the Government purports to have the power to ban lawyers from representing citizens without its permission, which (as it’s doing here) it can withhold without explanation and in its sole discretion. Does any American want the Government to have that power with respect to citizens: to bar lawyers, under the threat of criminal prosecution, from representing you if the Government calls you a Terrorist? That’s the power the Obama administration is asserting and, in this case, actively wielding. A court will now decide if it has the legal authority to do that, and if not, the next step will be a lawsuit brought on behalf of Awlaki contesting Obama’s right to order American citizens killed without criminal charges or due process. The Democratic Party should be very proud of itself.
Wait, let me guess. You skipped that whole “due process” part?
