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http://kucinich.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=312882Kucinich, Paul and Holt Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Compel White House to Release Legal Justification for Drone Strikes
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Resolution of Inquiry
Washington, Nov 28 -
Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Ron Paul (R-TX) and Rush Holt Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced H. Res. 819, a resolution of inquiry to compel the Administration to release documents which it reportedly uses as the legal justification for the use of drones to assassinate people abroad, including United States citizens, without trial. According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, our drone strikes have killed more than 3,000 people including as many as 1,105 innocent civilians since 2002.
We must reject the notion that protecting our national security requires revoking the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. No President can act as judge, jury and executioner, and any attempt to do so is in direct violation of our Constitution which gives our citizens a right to life and a fair trial.
According to a memorandum prepared by the White House Office of Legal Counsel, when the United States conducts such an attack it is legal. The Congress and the American people have a right to know this legal framework. Congress has an obligation as the sole authority under the Constitution to declare war to know how the use of force abroad is being used, especially against U.S. citizens, said Kucinich.
Congressman Kucinich today introduced a Resolution of Inquiry, a resolution used to compel information from the White House, which, if passed, would require the White House to make the Office of Legal Counsel memo available to Congress.
Our strikes are creating a legal precedent that the world will emulate. From Iran to China, other nations are very close to developing comparable technology. If Congress doesnt act to ensure proper oversight and legal authority for the use of this technology, the consequences could be dire for the American people, said Kucinich.
See a copy of the legislation here. Under the parliamentary procedure of a Resolution of Inquiry, the resolution must be sent to committee and considered under expedited rules.
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Bipartisan Resolution to Compel White House to Release Legal Justification for Drone Strikes [View all]
G_j
Nov 2012
OP
I wish we had drones in the 1930s before Hitler killed his first person. Reason enough
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#1
I am a Jew myself. I resent you wanting the Hitlers of the world to attack us like on 9-11
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#3
As a Progressive Democrat I abhor the adaption of Bush policies which we fought so
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#19
I'd have been just fine with Bush drone striking Osama Bin Laden at Tora Bora. You? nt
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#31
Cynthia McKinney spent her last weeks in Congress probing the CIA assassination of Tupac Shakur.
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#38
If the drone issue was so damn serious to Dennis, why did he wait for the Lame Duck session?
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#58
Unchecked power? He won an election acting like Ron or Rand Paul. By charisma
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#6
Thank god for people like Dennis Kucinich who stood up against Bush's illegal
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#22
Kucinich voted for war in the AUMF of 9/18/2001. I hate to bring facts into this. nt
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#36
I prefer to move forward on social issues. Wars have been fought for a million years now
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#26
That is all fine and good btw, but it doesn't get things passed. It is all best in show
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#27
You seem to have a habit of attaching comments to other people's comments and then
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#61
Kucinich voted for war in the AUMF of 9/18/2001, invoking the War Powers Act.
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#33
Yes. Ron Paul voted for it. The AUMF of 9/18/2001 invoking the War Powers Act.
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#32
Your ignorance of history (and of German history in particular) is breathtaking. Hitler
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#40
What point is this? Technically, neither did Bill Clinton BECAUSE OF IDIOTIC THIRD PARTIES
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#43
My point was to point out how your historical analogy is an EPIC FAIL because
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#44
He wasn't in charge then? All the killings were due to someone else? He was singular.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#45
OK, so your answer for the record is that you are willing to sacrifice 50 German civilians
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#69
How many of the 20 million killed actually would have? BTW-Einstein was Jewish.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#74
I'll let the facts speak for themselves: You will gladly sacrifice 50 German children to
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#78
Your whole argument is bogus. Who said anyone else but Mr. Hitler would die?
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#85
You clearly have not been paying attention to the gist of this thread which is that
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#89
My read on his position is that he would sacrifice 19.9 million to save 20 million.
Bonobo
Nov 2012
#90
He would sacrifice 19.9 million on the mere off chance he might save 20 million. But yeah
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#91
Anti-semitism and nationalism are what enabled Hitler who then used those
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#42
more than 6 million have died in congo & the us is in the middle of the action.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#20
How many German civilians would you have been willing to sacrifice to
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#39
BTW- I don't like the house (which is republican) attempting to upsurp Presidential powers
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#4
The President should not have the power to summarily execute anyone without
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#48
I do not know the origin either, but it seems to have begun openly during the Bush
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#67
Actually, it's the "pseudo left" that have become silent or outright support extra-judicial
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#92
Is execution without trial a presidential power now? when did they write that into the
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#21
Osama Bin Laden should have had a trial? When we declare war (as we did on 9/18/2001)
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#41
Gee, that's funny. The link you give me references a piece of legislation called
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#59
Vietnam was not a war? Afghanistan and Iraq are not wars? The Constitution does not
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#73
Fact: you're the one who claimed we 'declared war on Sept 18, 2001'. If you meant we 'authorized
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#76
Yes. We declared war, invoking the War Powers Act under the auspices of Article 1, Section 8. Read
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#81
Um, no, actually my profanity was directed at the asshole who accused me of
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#83
Well, yes, I do think it is disrespectful to tell a war veteran that what they served in wasn't a
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#84
No, but then they were never so assinine as to claim that the U.S. declared war. In fact, I was
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#86
A war vet told you he wasn't in a war and you decided to base your knowledge of civics
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#94
First I was 'dissing soldiers' and now I'm a 'birther.' It's off to Ignore
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#96
Yes, I find that claiming that war veterans didn't actually serve in a war to be a disrespectful
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#99
That argument was tried in the 70's, as a means to avoid the draft. It didn't work
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#82
War by any means is NOT the answer. If our policies do not match out rhetoric.
kelliekat44
Nov 2012
#13
It's Ron Paul's bill. Ron Paul did not sign Kucinich's impeachment bill back then.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#54
It might actually mean something if it included Congress members who will also be members in the
RomneyLies
Nov 2012
#57
I am against the NRA and guns and lobby groups & republibertarianstea party
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#93
Bravo! I wish I could rec this reply a million times to the heavens. You cut
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#97