National security
On January 2, 2020 the United States killed Major General Qassim Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, by a drone missile strike.
Write a legal explainer memorandum, assuming an audience of lawyers and non-lawyers alike, that addresses the following questions:
- Was this action legal under U.S. domestic law?
- Under international law?
- Are there any foreign law consequences?
- What additional factual information, if any, would you need to?address legality?
- Do you see any meaningful distinction between what acceptable legal and policy options the executive had in this instance?
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