re: #128 ralphieboy

there are also rules involving dealing with persons who present a real and imminent threat to other people’s lives. I think this case falls under that heading.

re: #170 CuriousLurker

Do you know where I can find those rules,or does anyone? I’m curious as to what they are.

IIUC, “Imminent threat” as it applies to individuals is a more of a 1st Amendment/incitement to riot issue. See: Brandenberg vs Ohio (1969). The bar is set quite high for what “incitement” is, but I do not think incitement was the issue with al-Awlaki.

The things you’re talking about — the same old predictable bigots trying to target us based on their social hangups — those would be straight-up 14th Amendment, equal protection issues, and pretty easy to smack down given various SCOTUS rulings of the post ww2 era into the present.