Shot by Police versus Execution

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14. thank you for that response

i am really trying to get my thoughts together on this and that was a helpful response - at least in that it offered a suggestion. on the one hand i understand the ramifications of the president having such authority yet i do not think that hiding out in a remote area where you can't be arrested should guarantee one a safe haven from which to launch fools with c-4 in their undies..

the only problem i have with your suggestion is this - i know people have ridiculed the comparison to the killing of confederate soldiers in the civil war, but just to follow your suggestion, would Mr. Lincoln have had to submit the names of each man in each confederate unit to the three judge panel before he could send soldiers to kill them? and if not, why not? and if so, how might this have altered the course of the war?