Newt Gingrich’s Definition of Due Process
October 3, 2011 at 8:46 AM Leave a comment
Newt Gingrich has a very interesting take on the definition of due process — you know, the right to a lawyer and a trial to determine one’s guilt or innocence:
Newt Gingrich – a 2012 Republican presidential candidate who is one of the most critical of President Obama – today defended orders that led to the death of Al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Wwlaki.
He called American citizens who engage in war against the United States traitors and said that the military strike that killed al-Awlaki is constitutionally justified.
“American citizens who engage in war against the United States are legitimate targets and I think it was an appropriate and correct thing to execute him,” Gingrich said.
He continued, answering a question about the right of due process, a term used to describe a legal principle that government must respect the legal rights of citizens.
“They got due process,” Gingrich said. “The president signed an order to kill them. That was due process.”
In other words, in the world the Newtster lives in, due process as we have known it in this country since the signing of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, no longer exists. So, who’s a terrorist now?
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