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Targeting Americans

the constitutionality of the U.S. Drone War

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An edition of Targeting Americans (2016)

Targeting Americans

the constitutionality of the U.S. Drone War

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"[This book] focuses on the legal debate surrounding drone strikes, the use of which has expanded significantly under the Obama Presidency as part of the continuing war against terror. Despite the political salience of the legal questions raised by targeted killing, the author asserts that there has been remarkably little careful analysis of the fundamental legal question: the constitutionality of the policy. From a position of deep practical expertise in constitutional issues, Prof. Powell provides a dispassionate and balanced analysis of the issues posed by U.S. targeted killing policy, using the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in September 2011 as a focus for discussion. While Powell concludes that the al-Awlaki strike was constitutional under 2001 legislation, he rejects the Obama administration's broader claims of authority for its drone policies. Furthermore, he argues, citizens acting as combatants in al-Qaeda and associated groups are not entitled to due process protections: by due process standards, the administration's procedures are legally inadequate. A fundamental theme of the book is that the conclusion that an action or policy is constitutional should not be confused with claims about its wisdom, morality, or legality under international norms. Part of the purpose of constitutional analysis is to draw attention to these other normative concerns and not, as is too often the case, to occlude them."--Jacket.

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Language
English
Pages
229

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Table of Contents

The constitutional history of the war on terror
How to think constitutionally
The war powers of the U.S. government
The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki : a constitutional analysis
Targeted killing and the future : three speculations.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
343.73/015422
Library of Congress
KF5060 .P695 2016, KF5060 .P695 2015, KF5060.P695 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiv, 229 pages
Number of pages
229

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27214951M
Internet Archive
targetingamerica0000powe
ISBN 10
0190492848
ISBN 13
9780190492847
LCCN
2015037930
OCLC/WorldCat
922836332

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