nessus2 wrote:
Bacchys writes as if the issue was only a question of treason. But I would suggest that the president has constitutional war powers, and that they certainly extend into a war zone. And I don't think bacchys would disagree with that. I consider Yemen a war zone, and al-Aulaqi an enemy conbatant, regardless of his citizenship.
It's not enough that Yemen be a war zone.  It needs to be our war zone.  The pseudo-civil war that was going on there between the repressive regime of Saleh and militant Islamists, including al Qaeda wasn't necessarily our fight even if we were giving aid to Saleh with the CIA and other black operations.

The choice isn't so much "can the President act or can't he," but what limits or controls are on this power the President claims to have?

“Nobody has a legitimate reason to fear a faithful interpretation of the Constitution, and nobody has any legitimate reason to fear effective and complete protection of civil rights." - Alan Gura