Did Congress rule that the Secretary of Defense maintains the military?
And is that SecDef required to be appointed by the President, according to the Constitution?
Remember that manual that One Winged Shark quoted from, where the “filling sandbags” quote even came from - saying that all orders right down to filling sandbags are the execution of the entire chain of command, stemming from the authority of the Constitution?
How do you think that manual came up with that? Do you think it has anything to do with the laws that Congress has passed regarding who authorizes what in the military?
Dont waste the keystrokes on this guy. He could watch Obama go to Philadelphia and burn an original copy of the constitution and piss on the ashes, and then report to Obama for duty the next day to hang any soldier that objected.
Among other things, yes. That was defined when the Department of Defense was established and has been further defined since then.
And is that SecDef required to be appointed by the President, according to the Constitution?
Indeed he is. Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part I > Chapter 2 > § 113 of the U.S. code. But the Secretary of Defense is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate. What about it?
Remember that manual that One Winged Shark quoted from, where the “filling sandbags” quote even came from - saying that all orders right down to filling sandbags are the execution of the entire chain of command, stemming from the authority of the Constitution?
I do.
How do you think that manual came up with that? Do you think it has anything to do with the laws that Congress has passed regarding who authorizes what in the military?
Without knowing exactly what book he was quoting from it's hard to say. But I would point out that whatever book it was, it said the President's authority extends through all chains of command. It did not say that all commands derive their authority from the commander-in-chief.