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A fundamental principle of American Constitutional liberty is a citizen's right of equal protection under the law-no matter your social or economic status, no matter what crime you are accused of, and no matter where you happen to live. It is a clause in the Fourteenth Amendment and goes hand-in-hand with the due process guarantees of the Firth Amendment.Americans regularly trot out our commitment to equality by claiming that we enjoy the greatest freedom and equality to be found anywhere in the world. This stance is often buttressed with the lofty statement: "In America, anyone can become president." And nearly every citizen agrees we are living in the greatest country until an event occurs that appears to invalidate that lofty premise-such as the need to kill one our "enemies" who inconveniently happens to be a citizen.Back in September of 2011, an American-born citizen, Anwar Al Awlaki, was assassinated in faraway Yemen by an American pilotless drone. Many cheered but a few citizens were tepidly concerned.