Subj : Authoritarianism To : Jeff Thiele From : Lee Lofaso Date : Wed Nov 09 2022 23:04:38 Hello Jeff, JT>>> On Monday night, a potential presidential candidate said that JT> s/he wo JT>>> have JT>>> drug dealers executed within "two hours or less." The executions JT> woul LL>> by JT>>> firing squad and the bullets that killed the suspected drug JT> dealers w LL>> be JT>>> sent to their families. LL>> Federal executions are carried out by lethal injection. JT> That is apparently of no consequence to this would-be candidate. No need for method to that madness. As long as it works. JT>>> This is highly reminiscent of the extrajudicial killings of JT> thousands JT>>> people in the Phillipines, ordered by ex-President Rodrigo JT> Duterte un LL>> the JT>>> cover of a "war on drugs." LL>> There is no death penalty in the Philippines. JT> That was apparently of no consequence to Duterte. Duterte was, and is, an old man who has no fear of death. But he does like to dish it out. Or did, when he was in office. JT>>> Is this where we are as a country now, with summary executions JT> lackin JT>>> due process for crimes that don't even carry the death penalty? LL>> The Congress has authority to sentence an individual convicted of LL>> treason to death - including death by firing squad. JT> So now drug dealers are automaticlly guilty of treason? Only Congress can determine the penalty for treason. But what exactly is treason? Who defines it? And who interprets it to mean what it is claimed to be? Read Article II, Section 4. JT>>> Would you vote for someone who proposed this? LL>> President Ferdinand Marcos did away with that practice. LL>> So did the other President Ferdinand Marcos, decades before. JT> This was a potential US presidential candidate. Was? That is great news! Now it is time for Jimmy Fallon to throw his hat into the ring! The Bearded One will save us! For Life, Lee -- Donald Trump! Go away! Racist, sexist, anti-gay! --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb * Origin: news://eljaco.se:4119 (2:203/2) .