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It's unlikely that a corpse files suit to protect their constitutional rights, of which no one is aware were violated in the first place.



However unlikely, it is possible. Many such cases where the estate of the dead or their families have brought suit against the US government.

Example: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-yemen/u-s-appeals-...


You do realize the article you just linked starts with "threw out a lawsuit by the families"


Obviously. My original question was whether the justification for extrajudicial killings has yet been tested by a court, as claimed




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