Ordering the assassination of an American citizen not caught in the act of doing something illegal is illegal and Obama should be prosecuted for that. But his justification was that it was for national security, and as you say, some people think that's a fine justification. If his justification were that he didn't like the cut of his jib, then you'd be against it I assume.

As things lie now, rationale and justification don't matter in determining whether something is prosecutable or not, and that's scary, to me at least.

EDIT: Also, did you see my question from an earlier post:

>> One of the key things about a dissent, is that it's not the opinion of the court, but just that judge.

> Can you find anything in the opinion of the court that would preclude it? I can't.