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not kill Abdullah al-Shami, an American citizen, without due process of law.

Created by B.C. on March 01, 2014

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/obama-real-name-american-kill-ab...

It is a travesty against the Due Process Clause of our Bill of Rights that the Obama administration is considering the murder of an American citizen, Abdullah al-Shami, without being tried in a court of law, no matter the egregious nature of the crimes being charged.

The Due Process Clause acts as a safeguard from arbitrary denial of life, liberty, or property by the Government outside the sanction of law. Drone attacks on an American citizen, even off American soil, is a black eye to our constitution and what it means to be American.

If the administration wants to give a death sentence to a citizen, they must do so through the legal channels of the American justice system.

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