>I certainly never proposed “selective enforcement” of the Constitution. Not sure where you got that from...?
The Constitution places the President as the Commander-in-Chief of the military; to suspend the Constitution is to literally let them [the military] off any binding chains [in civilian governance].
>But, we have had “selective observance” of the Constitution as far back as the prosecution of the Civil War, and certainly since the rise of Progressivism and the triumph of New Deal policies.... Do you not agree?
Just because it is common practice does not make it right, or just.
The Constitution places the President as the Commander-in-Chief of the military; to suspend the Constitution is to literally let them [the military] off any binding chains [in civilian governance]....Just because it is common practice does not make it right, or just.
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Nor am I trying to justify it. I was merely stating the obvious.