[butterdezillion]

I cited my sources. The elements of Article 90 and 92, the Authorization to Use Force, and the actual law which gives the SecDef the authority to implement Presidential combat orders down the chain of command ALL say that the President has to authorize the use of force. Those are the legal documents.

Lind cited 1/4 of one of those (i of Article 90 - specifically leaving out ii, which makes the lawful authorization critical for lawful orders) and left out all the other 3.

Them’s the facts.

[American Constitutionalist]

So ? the native of Kenya is telling us who were actually born here in the USA that we are not “ Natural Born Citizens “ ?

Obama adopts U.N. manifesto on rights of indigenous peoples

[mlo]

"I cited my sources."

The ability to post text does not infer the ability to interpret law.

"The elements of Article 90 and 92, the Authorization to Use Force, and the actual law which gives the SecDef the authority to implement Presidential combat orders down the chain of command ALL say that the President has to authorize the use of force. Those are the legal documents."

Nobody ordered Lakin to use force.