MSNBC headline: Obama: Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Will Be Executed.

Again, just a wee bit prejudicial and putting the cart before the horse? Where are the civil libertarians to get their knickers in a twist about a sitting President declaring the outcome before we’ve even settled into the jury selection and pre trial motion phase?

Does anyone else have a problem with that?

You should.

I want ‘em found guilty and convicted based on whatever evidence is presented in the forum at hand. I want the sentencing to be appropriately handled by that same jury.

Yet, a constitutional law scholar such as President Obama is releasing statements that are deeply prejudicial?

This has to be a joke, but it’s on all of us.