And on the foreign-born national thing? Gitmo. Detention without charge. Secret military tribunals.
Sorry, dude, but that far antedated PAT-Riot. The President (in the abstract, as opposed to the instance now holding that title) has had the ability do authorize all that for quite some time now.
And I'd say that shoot-to-kill is modus operandi in Iraq, so, yes, they do.
You're going to have to do much better than that. As the latest incarnation ofthe War Powers act gives the military (cf police) powers to invade a sovereign state for the purpose of securing
Not up to your normal rhetorical style, Pete, but then it is rather more difficult to defend the indefensible, now isn't it...?