“General Holder, I have to tell you that I find it remarkable that in that hypothetical, which is deliberately very simple, that you are able to give a simple one-word, one-syllable answer: no,” Cruz stated. “I think it is unequivocal that if the U.S. government were to use a drone to take the life of a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil and that individual didn’t pose an imminent threat, that that would be a deprivation of life without due process.”
Cruz reminded: “You keep saying appropriate. My question isn’t about propriety. My question is about whether something is constitutional or not. As attorney general, you are the chief legal officer of the United States. Do you have a legal judgement on whether it would be constitutional to kill a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil in those circumstances?”