ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, TRUMP IS RIGHT: EVERY PRESIDENT MUST HAVE IT

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Op-ed by Summer Lane | Photo: Alamy

A rather excoriating question from Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday during presidential immunity arguments struck at the heart of the issue when he asked DOJ Counselor Michael Dreeben whether former President Barack Obama’s drone strikes against civilians were immune from criminal prosecution.

Dreeben responded, “The office of legal counsel looked at this very carefully and determined that, number one, the federal murder statute does apply to the executive branch – the president wasn’t personally carrying out the strike. But the aiding and abetting laws are broad, and it determined that a public authority exception that’s built into statutes…did not apply to the drone strike.”

Justice Alito presses Special Counsel attorney Michael Dreeben on why past presidential acts, like FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans, haven’t been charged as federal crimes pic.twitter.com/LXK3YV1lqR

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While in office, President Obama exacted an intense and broad drone strike operation in the Middle East, racking up over 560 attacks during his administration, while former President George W. Bush greenlit 57 attacks.

Civilians were routinely killed during these strikes. The Council of Foreign Relations has stated that the Obama administration was, in fact, responsible for the civilian deaths of at least 324 people in that drone strike initiative overseas. According to CFR, Obama reportedly told aides in the White House at one point, “Turns out I’m really good at killing people. Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine.” …

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