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Court Dismisses “Targeted Killing” Case

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Al-Aulaqi v. Obama

December 7—The U.S. District Court today dismissed our lawsuit challenging the government’s plan to assassinate a U.S. citizen with a "predator drone." Judge John Bates wondered aloud how it could be legal for the Executive branch “order the assassination of a U.S. citizen without first affording him any form of judicial process whatsoever, based on the mere assertion that he is a dangerous member of a terrorist organization?” But he never answered that question, because he found that our client -- the father of the citizen targeted for killing -- was not qualified to raise these issues in court, and therefore dismissed the case for lack of “standing.” He also found that the case presented “political questions” not suitable for a court to decide. Click "Full Story" below for a link to the 83-page opinion.

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