Ramesh Ponnuru makes note of Mitt Romney’s startling position on the ability of the president to arrest US citizens without trial or review:

Romney said he would want to hear the pros and cons from smart lawyers before he made up his mind.

Let that sink in for a minute: he would want to hear the pros and cons from smart lawyers before he made up his mind. This has to be one of the more disturbing answers to a question so far during the campaign. Nevermind that such an action would be blatantly unconstitutional, it would also make the US no better than the Soviet Union or Cuba; disappearing United States citizens never to be heard from again. The fact that Romney would need to make up his mind regarding what he thinks about this, based off of the opinions of lawyers, speaks volumes.

Posted on March 31st, 2007 by David
Filed under: Ron Paul 2008