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An MQ-9 Reaper takes off August 8, 2007, at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo: Ethan Miller / Getty Images)Trump is killing record numbers of civilians with drones, but there has been no accountability for illicit drone strikes. A case filed against the US government by a relative of two Yemeni civilian drone victims was dismissed by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, but should be reinstated by the Supreme Court in the interest of providing a check on executive power.
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