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To: ColdSteelTalon
The short answer is... No. It is illegal for the federal government of the United States to kill a citizen without trial and conviction.

The Union and Confederate Lawyers Duke It Out in Court


28 posted on 09/30/2011 7:11:11 PM PDT by Polybius (Defeating Obama is Priority Number One)
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To: Polybius

“The Union and Confederate Lawyers Duke It Out in Court”

Good point.


78 posted on 10/01/2011 11:33:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Polybius

Yes and the South had a right to secede from the union. The constitution was silent on the issue therefore the right to secede is reserved by the states. The federal government avoided hearing cases on this subject because the Constitution would stand against the federal government on that point.


88 posted on 10/02/2011 4:50:25 AM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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