Sometimes I think I know how Cicero or Cato must have felt as they watched the death of their Republic, powerless to prevent it. Last month, the New York Times reported that the President approved the “targeted killing” of an American citizen. The penalty for treason in the United States is death (or a minimum of 5 years and $10,000). But the Constitution is unwavering in its insistence that even especially traitors must be convicted in a court of law. What has happened to our Constitution? What has happened to us?

Update: Salon has an excellent op-ed piece on this travesty.