Professor Steven Schwinn Discusses Murder, Secrecy, American Presidency

Oct. 26 – The Mark

Professor Steven Schwinn authored op-ed:

Through secrecy, the president effectively consolidated all power—executive, legislative, and judicial—and gave himself the extraordinary unchecked authority to take the life of a U.S. citizen. The administration secretly and unilaterally interpreted U.S. and international law, convened the secret panel, and concluded that al-Alwaki was a terrorist. And then it killed him. It did all of this while bypassing constitutional checks from the other branches of government.

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