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Debate: Should the President Be Able to Kill US Citizens Abroad?

By Andrew Cullison
13 Mar 2014

Photo: National Public Radio

Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, participated in an Oxford University style debate on whether or not the The president has constitutional power to target and kill U.S. citizens abroad. She argued against the motion. Arguing for the other side were Alan Dershowitz and Michael Lewis, both Harvard Law School professors. You can listen to the entire debate here.

 

Check it out and let us know what you think.

Andrew Cullison is the director of the Cincinnati Ethics Center.
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