Posted on 03/06/2013 11:57:35 AM PST by Nachum
In response to Rand Paul Filibuster Inspires HuffPo to Blister Obama Over Drone Policy:
This morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was able to get Attorney General Eric Holder to admit, (after much hemming and hawing about "appropriateness") that it was unconstitutional to kill a US citizen on US soil with a drone strike, providing that American terror suspect does not pose an “imminent threat.”
Via Sean Higgins of The Washington Examiner:
Cruz took the opportunity of Holder’s appearance this morning before the senate Judiciary Committee to ask about the government stance. “If an individual is sitting quietly in a cafe in the US, in your legal judgment, does the Constitution allow a US citizen on US soil to be killed by a drone?” Cruz asked, adding later the qualifier: ”If that individual is not posing an imminent and immediate threat of death or bodily harm.”
It took Cruz close to four minutes to get Holder to admit that such a strike would indeed be unconstitutional.
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I’m liking this Cruz fellow! The country could use a bunch more cut from the same cloth.
Now I hope Ted can go over and help out Dr Paul with the filibuster.
Cruz/Paul 2016
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He is my senator. I have met him. Have pictures with him. He is a great man!
Mr. Paul is doing quite well, and needs the exercise. It’s Boehner who can’t hack it, as usual.
He’s somewhere in front of a mic whining, hand on hip, probably, about furloughing any White House staffer and he needs a lunch break. It’s all too much.
Halls,
I was just wondering if you’ve ever met Senator Cruz.
Pan_Yan
Yes, I like what he is doing but he shouldn’t run for president. His father was a terrorist.
I heard he was a great man.
We need more information. Someone on FreeRepublic must live in his district.
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