The Omnipotent Power to Assassinate

Tags: War and Foreign Policy

02/26/2021 Jacob G. Hornberger

How did the federal government acquire this omnipotent power? Certainly not by constitutional amendment. It acquired it by converting the federal government after World War II from a limited-government republic to a national security state.

Original Article: “The Omnipotent Power to Assassinate“

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