NAPOLITANO: The Obama administration has gone rogue

The Washington Times ^ | October 9, 2013 | Andrew P. Napolitano

[SandRat]

That’s not news to us!

[Beagle8U]

Liberaltarians lack common sense.

[11th Commandment]

Nice Post.... I don't always agree with the Judge, but beyond that, he points out the utter Hypocrisy of Obama.

Terrorist should be tried in a US civilian court, unless of course, I decide to execute them first.

We should close down Gitto and secret prisons.... however, US NAVY ship in international waters are fine.

The Boston Marathon suspect was Miranda by DOJ attorney and Federal Judge... When will the FBI board the Navy ship were al-Liba is being held and Miranda him...

[McGruff]

Wonder if we served a warrant to Osama Ben Hidin before killing him.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Re impeachment.

High crimes and misdemeanors are committed daily by this regime, but you can't indict the black guy.

The repubs have no spine or stomach for impeachment. The senate would not ever convict. If, somehow, it happened, you have Biden as president. There's an improvement!

It seems as if the self professed Kenyan is creating crisis after crisis. Every one greater than the last. Every one serving as a distraction from the real problem which is the continual trashing of the constitution, the ultimate legal backstop of the US.

I have no idea how this ends but the train seems to be heading straight towards fascism.

[Talisker]

rarestia :" The Judge is right: America is no longer a nation of laws but a nation of men."

Tilted Irish Kilt Correction: America is no longer a nation of laws but a nation governed by lawless, arrogant men.

Final Correction: America is no longer a nation of laws but a nation governed by lawless, arrogant men women.

[redshawk]

I agree, our ‘operatives’, are trained well and dang good at it. I'm glad we have ‘em. Only in the 0pansy world would they be considered a threat.

(side note: STL won last night, will the Tigers come back? As we have talked before, a rematch of the Cards and Tigers would be great. Good luck tonight. GO Cards)

[rocksblues]

I think it was an US Army Delta Force team, not the US Navy Seals that went into Libya.

[astounded]

The team in Libya was reported not to be NSWDevGru but SFOD-1 Delta supported by CIA shooters and FBI HRT. If the Judge is going to report, at least he should be accurate.

[jazusamo]

You’re both correct.

Delta Force strike was in Libya, SEALS strike was in Somalia.

[WayneS]

In what way is he contradicting himself?

[Doogle]

[blueunicorn6]

Bombs dropped under Republican administration = Bad
Bombs dropped under Democrat administration = Good?

Interrogation done under Republican administration = Bad
Interrogation done under Democrat administration = Good?

Guantanamo under Republican administration = Bad
Guantanamo under Democrat administration = Good?

Afghanistan under Republican administration = Bad
Afghanistan under Democrat administration = Good?

Libya....oh, that’s right.....this one is all Democrat.
Overthrowing the government of Libya under Democrat administration = Good?

[WayneS]

Actually, I don't just think an arrest warrant is required, I KNOW an arrest warrant is required in order to legally arrest someone who is to be put on trial in a civilian court under the jurisdiction of the United States.

U.S. Constitution - Amendment 5 - "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury..."

The "presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury" is also known as an arrest warrant.

Now, if a person is suspected of committing an act of war against the United States, and said person is to be arrested and detained for prosecution in a military tribunal, I am not at all sure that an arrest warrant would be required.

The United States military is not, and should not be used as, a civilian law enforcement agency.

[PapaBear3625]

Our guys are trained to break things and hurt people. Serving arrest warrants is beneath them.

Put another way, the decision to use military personnel to perform an action, is a decision to step outside the framework of law, and the person making that decision is responsible for the consequences.

Soldiers are not police, and the decision to use one like the other is damaging to the Constitution. This also goes in the other direction, where you equip and train police like soldiers. The line between the two should NOT be crossed.

[PapaBear3625]

May G-d Himself help us when foreign nationals start doing the same to our citizens whom they think have committed crimes against them in their own countries. It will be open season on our military men and women.

That's already happened in the UK, in the murder of Brit soldier Lee Rigby by a pair of Muslims. It may have already happened in the US, with the Navy Yard shootings.

[manc]

Could you imagine if we had all this crap in WW2?

So to some of the judges ilk then we would have had to got a warrant to get some of the high profile NAZIS.

The sooner some realize we are at war and there are people who wear civilian clothes who want to destroy the country and us the better

[rdb3]

what do you expect? napolitano supports homosexual based marriage.

He does? Wow.

I must admit, there's something about him that I've never liked.

Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t going to resign.

[longtermmemmory]

I was shocked when he said it on fox and friends. Then again mehgan kelly was there.

[WayneS]

I do not think Mr. Napolitano was saying that at all. I think he was criticizing the comingling of civil and war-time military law.

I'm pretty sure he was pointing out that by the rules the Obama malAdministration have set for themselves (that is, treating terrorism as CRIME instead of as acts of war) an arrest warrant was needed in order for the recent snatching of this al-Libi character to be legal (once again, under the rules THEY have set for themselves).