I would say just about anything beats uninformed paranoid delusion.
“Let me know when you come up with a citation for when Congress authorized military officers to “use appropriate force” independently of the President, and which officers they authorized.”
Sigh... Does anyone but you think that's clever?
How about you let me know in what fantasy world that silly question has any relevance to the actual Constitutional and legal issues at hand. Or. alternatively, ask me some question that's not in the vein of “When did you stop beating your wife with a halibut in Nova Scotia?”
I’m asking for a simple citation that would show Congress has authorized military officers to “use appropriate force” independently of the President, which Lind’s entire argument rests upon.
If that’s too much to ask, there’s a serious problem here, and it’s not me.
Lind should have known that it’s not enough to say that Congress authorizes SOME orders. What she has to show is that Congress authorized THESE orders to be given independently of the President. She should have cited the appropriate Congressional authorization for THESE orders, showing they are authorized independently from the President.
Why do you think she didn’t do that?