Anwar al-Awlaki, Citizenship, Acts of War, and the Judiciary

So there is quite a bit of debate of whether the Obama Administration was justified in killing Anwar al-Awlaki for the support of and inciting terrorism against the United States due to the fact that al-Awlaki is still an American citizen.  The primary concern here being, of course, the 5th and 6th Amendments of the [...]

Virginia Judge Inadvertently Wipes Out Half the Constitution

Actually, that might now be so far from the truth: Legal experts are attacking Judge Henry Hudson’s decision on the merits, citing an elementary logical flaw at the heart of his opinion. And that has conservative scholars — even ones sympathetic to the idea that the mandate is unconstitutional — prepared to see Hudson’s decision [...]